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Rishi Sunak is simply a boyhood protagonist of Southampton
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was an unhappy onlooker arsenic his shot nine Southampton suffered relegation
With his enactment coming disconnected dense losses successful the section elections, helium whitethorn person been hoping for immoderate bully quality arsenic helium took his spot astatine St Mary's Stadium.
However, sitting successful the stands successful jeans and a grey hoodie, helium saw Fulham people doubly successful the 2nd fractional to extremity his club's 11-year Premier League stay.
Rivals Fulham fans inevitably sang the chant "Rishi, Rishi, what's the score".
Southampton's nonaccomplishment connected Saturday puts them 8 points adrift of information with 2 matches to play, and not adjacent a parliamentary involution would beryllium capable to alteration their destiny now.
Born and raised successful Southampton, Sunak has agelong spoken of his enactment of the team.
A biography of Mr Sunak has antecedently said arsenic a youngster his begetter Yashvir was a play summons holder, and 1 of the premier minister's "most prized possessions" was a paper helium received for his 18th day signed by the full squad.
However, during his bid to go premier curate successful August past twelvemonth helium came nether the aggravated glare of the shot assemblage aft saying Southampton's could amended their fortunes by beating Manchester United that coming weekend.
The squad were playing Leicester City, but did person United the pursuing week.
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Image caption,Rishi Sunak sat successful the VIP country astatine Saturday's game
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Image caption,His teams had 2 goals enactment past them successful the 2nd fractional to spot them autumn retired of the apical formation for the archetypal clip successful implicit a decade
Supporting a shot squad is often seen arsenic a mode for governmental leaders to broaden their appeal, but tin beryllium a tricky business.
David Cameron claimed to beryllium a Aston Villa fan, but a blunder successful a code successful 2015 saw him assertion the apical flight's different claret and bluish squad West Ham - something helium aboriginal enactment down to "brain fade".
A Newcastle United fan, Sir Tony Blair received ridicule for a fig of years owed an evident assertion to person seen nine fable Jackie Milburn play astatine St James Park successful the 1950s - adjacent though the subordinate had retired erstwhile helium was five.
In 2008, the determination paper which archetypal reported it clarified it had travel from something misheard connected the radio.
One erstwhile premier curate was ne'er apt to marque this benignant of slip-up. Gordon Brown was a staunch instrumentality of Scottish little league broadside Raith Rovers and could happily recite to interviewers the afloat line-up of the archetypal lucifer helium saw arsenic a seven-year-old.
And perchance to adhd to Sunak's pain, Southampton's rivals Fulham person their ain transportation with Downing Street.
After the match, Fulham's Twitter relationship showed a representation of Sunak grimacing successful the crowd, on with their ain caption "Sorry, the lone Prime Minister we recognise is Hugh Grant" - a motion to the dancing PM portrayed successful 2003 romanticist drama Love Actually.
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