Awkward moment Rishi Sunak has to beg crowd for questions and gets ignored

Rishi Sunak was left in a room of awkward silence this morning (17 April), when he gave a speech about maths to London Screen Academy.

After his talk, the prime minister opened up the floor to questions - three times to be exact - and got completely blanked by the students.

"OK, gosh, it’s very quiet", he remarked, before saying he'd 'take questions on other things' in the hope someone would speak.

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