RISHI Sunak has begged voters to “find it in their hearts to forgive me” over his D-Day disaster.
The Prime Minister pleaded with the country to move on from his Normandy blunder last week, asking them to judge him by his long term action for veterans.
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In an emotional plea while campaigning in true blue West Sussex, he said: “I just hope people can find it in their hearts to forgive me.
“Look at my actions that I’ve taken as Prime Minister both to support our armed forces with an increase in defence spending but also have a minister focus on Veterans Affairs around the Cabinet table, making sure there’s the best country in the world to be a veteran.”
And he turned up the heat on Nigel Farage saying his patriotism row comments were not good “for our country”.
Mr Sunak went on the attack after Mr Farage had accused him of not caring about “our culture”.
He said: “I can’t speak for him and what he meant by those comments.
“I’m not going to get involved in that because I don’t think it’s good for our politics, or indeed, our country.”
Meanwhile, Mr Sunak has vowed to keep “fighting” for every vote – as he attempts to reset his campaign.
The PM was back on the election trail 24 hours ahead of launching the party’s manifesto.
Major announcements on pledges for 8,000 new police officers and ending the Sicknote benefits culture have been overshadowed by the DDay blunder.
Speaking in West Sussex, he said: “People are gonna say what they’re gonna say, well I’m doing is fighting very hard for every moment.
“I will keep doing that until the last day of this campaign.
“And I am very confident in the actions that we’re putting forward the British people are confident they will deliver more security to people.
He added: “And that there’s lots of people who want to write me off write this on, say this campaign or the election is a foregone conclusion.”
The PM also reacted to ex-Home Secretary calling for the Tories to unite the right and embrace Mr Farage.
But he said a vote for reform was a vote to make Sir Keir Starmer Prime Minister on July 5.
He said: “You’re handing Starmer a blank cheque when he’s not prepared to say what he would do with it.”