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Rishi Sunak denies rumours he’s planning to ‘disappear off to California’ if he loses election
It comes as the PM faces dissent within the Tory ranks after announcing a July 4 election
RISHI Sunak today rejected claims he plans to flee to the US after the election — and vowed to stay here for years and watch Southampton FC.
Tory peer Lord Goldsmith claimed the PM will probably “disappear off to California” when most of his MPs “lose their job”.
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But Mr Sunak said: “I’m surprised Lord Goldsmith, who I don’t think I’ve spoken to in a long time, seems to have some intimate knowledge of my family’s arrangements.
“But, no. Of course not.
“My kids are at school, this is my home and my football team has got promoted to the Premier League.
“So I intend to spend many more happy occasions at St Mary’s watching them.”
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Asked if he would stay on for the whole term, Mr Sunak added: “That is what I am here to do.
“I mean, that is obviously subject to my constituents giving me the honour of continuing to represent them.”
Former climate minister Lord Goldsmith’s blistering attack comes amid growing dissent in the Tory ranks just four days after the PM announced a July 4 election.
Tory MP Lucy Allan was suspended from the party with “immediate effect” on Monday after she backed a Reform UK candidate to take over her seat.
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The Telford MP, who had announced in June 2023 she would seek re-election, said she was supporting Alan Adams to be the next MP.
A Tory spokesman said: “A vote for Reform is a vote for Keir Starmer.”
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