British PM Rishi Sunak Slammed By Opposition For Asking Homeless Man If He 'Worked In Business'

<p>UK Opposition Labour Party slammed British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday over a television clip in which he could be seen asking a homeless man, during a visit to the shelter run by the charity Passage, if he 'worked in business,' reported a news agency PTI. He had this awkward exchange with a man while he was volunteering at a soup kitchen for the poor and homeless on Christmas.&nbsp;</p> <p>The man named Dean replied to PM Sunak and that reply was telecasted on ITV News channel. It was: &ldquo;No, I&rsquo;m homeless. I&rsquo;m actually a homeless person.&rdquo; However, the man then said that he was interested in business which prompted Sunak to ask what kind of business to which the man replied, Finance.&nbsp;</p> <p>Sunak said:&nbsp;&ldquo;I used to work in finance, actually. Is that something you&rsquo;d like to get into?&rdquo; The man responded to this by saying: &ldquo;Yeah, I wouldn&rsquo;t mind. But, I don&rsquo;t know, I&rsquo;d like to get through Christmas first."</p> <p>This exchange of words between them has garnered reactions on social media. Labour Deputy leader Angela Rayner tweeted about the clip that it was 'excruciating.'</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ: <a title="'Will Judge You By Your Actions': UK PM Rishi Sunak As Taliban Bans Women From Universities" href="https://ift.tt/7PGTwMo" target="_blank" rel="dofollow noopener">'Will Judge You By Your Actions': UK PM Rishi Sunak As Taliban Bans Women From Universities</a></strong></p> <p>Labour MP Stella Creasy said: &ldquo;Watching this I am concerned that the Prime Minister thinks homeless means &lsquo;don&rsquo;t have a country pile (second home) at the moment&rsquo;.&rdquo;</p> <p>Another Labour MP, Bill Esterson, said that the exchange showcased the Prime Minister being &ldquo;out of touch&rdquo; at a time when the country faced a cost of living crisis.</p> <p>Sunak during a pre-Christmas visit praised the &ldquo;fantastic work&rdquo; being done to support people over the festive period.</p> <p>While talking to the media, he said: &ldquo;Most of us this weekend, this Christmas, will be inside, will be warm, will be safe, will be with our families. But sadly that&rsquo;s not true for everybody. And that&rsquo;s why the government&rsquo;s investing a significant amount to reduce the number of people who are sleeping rough or are homeless.&rdquo;</p> <p><strong>(This report has been published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. Apart from the headline, no editing has been done in the copy by ABP Live.)</strong></p>