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JOHN Swinney has said hit out at Rishi Sunak’s “foolish” decision to skip a D-Day commemoration event to participate in an ITV interview.

Former head of the navy Lord West describes move as ‘stupid’ and an ‘own goal’ as PM faces questions after an ITV presenter said it was Sunak’s team who suggested D-Day date for the interview

The PM has apologised for flying back to the UK early to do a TV interview in which he denied ‘lying’ about Labour’s tax plans

PM has once again been ruthlessly mocked by the internet over his latest election campaign gaffe

Exclusive Ipsos poll for The Standard is published as Labour chiefs sign off its manifesto at meeting in London

‘I should have found out before I came on here’, David Johnston says in latest Tory gaffe of campaign

After widespread criticism, prime minister says decision to skip ceremony in France was a ‘mistake’.

The fallout from the first general election debate has left viewers and voters with a bad taste in their mouths. The Conservatives’ disputed claim about Labour’s tax plans shows precisely the problems of adversarial debate formats: they favour soundbites, attack politics and rhetorical tactics that can be misleading.

Opposition politicians accused Sunak of bringing "shame" to the office of prime minister by skipping a major international ceremony with other world leaders in Normandy on Thursday.

RISHI Sunak has apologised after skipping a major international ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day in order to carry out a General…