Furious Tories accused ITV of ‘stitching up’ Rishi Sunak today after he appeared on This Morning alongside Britain’s bikini-clad ‘most tattooed mum’ the day before the election.
The Prime Minister appeared on the mid-morning magazine show as part of a media blitz 24 hours before polls open.
But he was forced to wait in the wings at the studio while hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shepherd interviewed Becky Holt, who showed off the body art covering 95 per cent of her body by wearing just a tiny white two-piece.
Pictured released by ITV showed the PM sitting at the back on a small bench waiting for his turn, and later chatting to the Cheshire mum.
The model and OnlyFans creator has spent more than £35,000 on her tattoos – which cover 95 per cent of her body – including intricately artful designs across her face, neck, armpits and genitals. She used a previous appearance on the TM sofa to reveal her first tattoo was her boyfriend’s name on her crotch when she was only 15.
In a further embarrassment for the PM – whose party is expected to take a hammering in the election tomorrow, he faced questions on his favourite meal from the hosts, bizarrely replying that he was ‘a big sandwich person’
As the pictures went viral on X, one veteran Tory aide suggested This Morning had ‘stitched up’ the PM by putting him on immediately after her.
‘That’s what power draining away looks like,’ they said. ‘I mean how are you supposed to know where to look?’
In a punishing round of events and interviews before polls open at 7am tomorrow he appeared on ITV ‘s This Morning after ‘Britain’s most tattooed mum’ had appeared wearing just a bikini and her extensive inking.
Mr Sunak and Ms Holt chatted after their appearance on This Morning
The model and OnlyFans creator has spent more than £35,000 on her tattoos – which cover 95 per cent of her body – including intricately artful designs across her face, neck, armpits and genitals.
Asked what his last meal in No10 on election night may be he said: ‘I’ll actually be at home in North Yorkshire but my favourite meal generally is sandwiches! I’m a big sandwich person, but on election night, my local butchers always do a special election pie.’
They added that This Morning was always a ‘risky one to do on the last day’.
Another Tory strategist told MailOnline: ‘That never would have happened if he was a PM in waiting. They wouldn’t have done it to him.
‘That is what happens when you are down. It is a good publicity hit for ITV.’
Later Ms Holt posted a picture of the two on the programme with a sexual innuendo attached, adding: ‘Can’t actually believe I met the prime minister today.’
This Morning has been approached for a comment.
Asked what his last meal in No10 on election night may be, Mr Sunak told his hosts: ‘I’ll actually be at home in North Yorkshire but my favourite meal generally is sandwiches!
‘I’m a big sandwich person, but on election night, my local butchers always do a special election pie – it’s a very good pork pie with chutney and cheese on top. So that is our election night dinner tradition.’
Mr Sunak also used the interview to lash out at Keir Starmer over the Labour leader’s admission that he tries to set aside time on Friday evenings to spend time with his wife and children.
Mr Sunak suggested that being Prime Minister was incompatible with family life, saying: ‘One of the things I’ve spoken about a lot is that doing this job means I’m not as good as a dad, I’m not as good a husband, as I would love to be – and that comes with the territory of being in public service and having the responsibility to be Prime Minister, to do a great job for everyone who’s watching.’
He added that he will ‘work day and night’ to make a difference to people’s lives and appreciated the ‘enormous privilege’ of having the country’s top job, if re-elected tomorrow.
‘I love my country for what it’s done for my family and I’m in this to work my socks off so I can make that same difference to everybody else. That’s how I approach this job,’ he said.
She used a previous appearance on the TM sofa to reveal her first tattoo was her boyfriend’s name on her crotch when she was only 15.
He joined hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shepherd and revealed his favourite meal is a sarnie.
The mother-of-one says she has been turned away from bars because of judgements regarding her physical appearance.
Becky shared a strikingly different before picture of herself with her 150,000 Instagram followers last year
The Prime Minister was asked about the Jewish community being upset about his party’s response to Sir Keir Starmer’s comments that Friday night dinner is important to his family and that he tries to ‘not do a work-related thing after 6pm’ on Fridays.
The Labour leader had told Virgin Radio that he and his wife, who is Jewish, have a strategy to ‘carve out really protected time for the kids’.
‘Now, there are few exceptions, but that’s what we do. My son goes kickboxing, so I’ll often take him there, and my daughter goes swimming and cheerleading now. So, I’ve been to see her in cheerleading competitions,’ Sir Keir said.
The Tories said Sir Keir’s stance would make him a ‘part-time’ prime minister while Cabinet ministers mocked him, suggesting he would refuse to go to work if there was an international crisis on a Friday evening.
Addressing the row on Times Radio, Sir Keir said he thought it was ‘ridiculous’ the topic was being talked about and clarified that ‘of course, I’ve had to work Fridays in the past, I’ll work Fridays in the future’.
Lord Mann, the Government’s antisemitism adviser, said criticism by senior Tories was ‘dangerous’.
He said: ‘The attack on Keir Starmer for asserting his right to family time on a Friday night, as he has done for many, many years, is so dangerous. So insidious from those aware of why he chooses to be with his family specifically on Friday evenings.’
Friday night Shabbat dinners are important in the Jewish faith and Sir Keir has talked about making sure his children are aware of their heritage.
He is frantically playing down fears Labour will get ‘unchecked’ power today as the election campaigns enters its final dash for the line.
The Labour leader tried to quell mounting alarm that he is set for the biggest majority ever seen, insisting many seats will ‘go to the wire’ and polls do not predict the future.
The twitchy message came as the PM makes a last-ditch effort to avert a complete Tory meltdown after getting a big boost from a joint appearance with Boris Johnson.
In Wales this morning, Sir Keir tried to quell mounting speculation about the scale of his win, insisting many seats will ‘go to the wire’ and polls do not predict the future
Mr Johnson took to the stage for the first time in the campaign last night as the Tories try ward off Labour’s projected supermajority
At a rally last night, Mr Johnson warned that Sir Keir would use a ‘sledgehammer’ majority to bring in ‘mandatory wokery’ and ‘uncontrolled immigration’.
Mr Sunak is using the last day of campaigning to visit previously safe seats in Hampshire – with apocalyptic polls suggesting many will fall to Labour and the Lib Dems.
A massive Survation poll – conducted using the MRP method – found Reform splitting the right-wing vote will gift Sir Keir the largest Commons majority in history, while Tory numbers fall to a record low.
Touring broadcast studios this morning, Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride acknowledged that the Conservatives are on track for a dire result.
He said Labour is almost certain to get an ‘extraordinary landslide on a scale that has probably never, ever been seen in this country before’.
However, the PM insisted Mr Stride had not ‘quite’ been conceding defeat – telling ITV’s This Morning ‘what Mel was doing was warning of what a very large Labour majority, unchecked, would mean for people’.
He added: ‘I’m fighting hard for every vote.’
Other Tories privately insist that the reception on the doorstep has not been as bad as the polls indicate – and there have been glimmers of a narrowing in recent days, with the Reform surge seemingly ebbing.
