Rishi Sunak admits to 'difficult days' after launching general election campaign

The prime minister has been in Belfast, where he spoke about needing to agree with Labour on key legislation before parliament is dissolved.

His flagship anti-smoking bill hasn't made the cut, with compensation for sub-postmasters and victims of the infected blood scandal taking priority.

Sky's Deputy Political Editor Sam Coates has been on the trail and sent this report.

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[panda]

What bout the difficult days we went through with him as PM

[pauldean]

He’s smoking crack if he thinks he’s getting back in, I predict he will bring the tories biggest defeat in there history.

[terryrowe]

All his work colleagues stepping down so they don't get embarrassed at the next election and with the added bonus of not having to cancel their holidays in the process 🙄

[Billywoo]

"Hi, I'm Rishi" - cringe.

[AnthonyD-yyin]

Difficult days? he can buy his way out of anything... 🤣🤣😂

[nhrexrl]

The whole tory party are on crack 😂 if they are thinking they will win 😂

[NickRothman]

TITANIC??? Are his aides taking the piss, or what? 😂😂😂

[aynhiayraadr]

Energy was highest under them.

😂😂😂😂

[cfcrkie]

He is busy preparing his losing speech 😂😂😂😂

[dutchymaze]

He sure should face difficulties, he was never elected but a selection from his party, he is on the party's agenda not for the people

[jvgfemb]

This will be the biggest mistake of a prime minister who backstabbed his colleagues 😅

[zainthe_clkid]

"Hi, Im Rishi!" More like "Hi im the clown 🤡"

[mtd]

Should he step down now and campaign as aRishi Sunak and not as Prime Minister which is not fair because he can claim for lot of achievements that were paid for with taxpayers money and managed by thousands of government employees and civil servants at his disposal

[jrobs]

Socially awkward people shouldn't lead countries.

[richardmarsden]

Amount of Tory MP's standing down shows the result is already baked in and the UK establishment has chosen whom is governing a country that is in practice a managed democracy.

[richardmarsden]

Sunak happy knowing his summer holidays will be highly likely, almost certainly be spent within another country, (USA) upon a beach somewhere, probably the western seaboard and close to California, where his families wealth talks.

[shankarbalakrishnan]

Still we finish difficult times❤❤🎉🎉waiting

[TheSteve_]

Not putting through your only good legislation.... That's the bold kind of PM I am.... CORRECT! NOT GETTING ANYTHING GOOD DONE! 😂

[proskipper]

Can a journalist work out how much money wasted on failed projects - HS2, GPS satellites, Rwanda etc

[earnestequivocation]

Yeah…..all 5”1 of him. The way he dealt with Braverman was grape-crushingly ferocious.