Mr Sunak's look-a-like bemoaned that his suit has been 'ruined' (Image: TikTok/Idea Farm)
A member of the public thought they’d landed a major protest success this morning as they appeared to hit Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with eggs in Northampton.
Unfortunately the unsuspecting victim of the egging was in fact a Rishi Sunak look-a-like, who had been hired for a press stunt to protest the Government’s new anti-smoking legislation.
Footage has since gone viral of the incident, in which ‘Rishi Sunak’ was pelted with the farm produce and seen looking horrified.
Rob Ford, a videographer from Riot Labs who attended the photoshoot told the Express they had been on the high street all morning to launch a Flavourless Vape shop - named “Rishi’s vape shop” - to highlight the potential negative impacts on cigarette smokers that the proposed vape crackdown will have.
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Mr Ford said the team behind the photoshoot had been left “a bit worried” after the look-a-like was pelted, adding it’s a “shame” that the doppelg？nger got “caught in the crossfire”.
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The member of the public mistook the doppelg？nger for the real PM (Image: Idea Farm)
He added: “He took it well though to be fair to him but the video has gone a bit nuts over the weekend."
The uncanny Rishi Sunak stand-in, who has asked not to be named, told the Express that up until the recent incident he’d been experiencing a welcome uptick in demand for his work ahead of the election.
The doppelg？nger explained: “It's usually guest appearances for photos and events like that”.
“This has never happened before though I have been shouted at in the street a lot. Some bloke called me a rude word the other week. I just laughed it off today, it didn't hurt or anything and the people on the shoot quickly helped me clean it off.
“I've been getting plenty of gigs for looking like Rishi this year and this was the most eventful one I've done. I have had water chucked on me in the past”.
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Mr Sunak is keen to stamp out underage vape use (Image: Getty)
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He added: “The suit is ruined but I'm hoping it will come out at the dry cleaners.
“I know the real Rishi is taking a lot of stick at the moment but it shows how bad things are when his lookalike is getting grief in the streets too. I suppose I join an illustrious list of politicians that have been egged, including John Prescott and Ed Milliband. I can't believe the number of views it's had!”
Two videos of the incident that were shared on TikTok have now racked up 1.5 million views and thousands of comments.
Plenty of users appeared equally tricked by the fake PM, with one asking: “Why did I believe it for a second?”
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Another complimented the actor on his resemblance, commenting: “Damn that’s a good impersonator”.
Mr Sunak’s smoking clampdown has sparked a huge rebellion among Tory MPs, with the recent vote seeing dozens of rebels including members of the Cabinet.
The Conservative Party insists it’s the right thing to do to protect children from vapes and tackle the long-term health implications of smoking.
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