Rishi Sunak heckled over alcohol duty hikes as he pulls a pint

Rishi Sunak was heckled by a publican during a visit to a beer festival where he was promoting a shake-up of the alcohol duty regime on Tuesday, 1 August.

The prime minister has insisted that both consumers and businesses will benefit from the post-Brexit alcohol duty changes, despite the raises on wine, vodka and canned beer.

The changes will hike tax on a range of drinks.

“Prime Minister, oh the irony that you’re raising alcohol duty on the day that you’re pulling a pint,” Rudi Keyser yelled, as Mr Sunak pulled a pint at the Great British Beer Festival in London.

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[pauldean]

This is the reason why he’s not in the public spotlight, we tell him what we think of him 👏 bravo my good mad for heckling him

[pip]

He's under the illusion that he was elected by the public...

[monkeyboy]

Sunak couldn't pull his own finger - to make a rude noise.

[Andy-young]

Someone shouting pishy rishi would be doing a better job heckling than this guy 😂

[theminderoshea]

This is a hard job for sunak but he's trying