Rishi Sunak has said he avoided catching pneumonia after getting wet while speaking outside 10 Downing Street but admitted to constituents he was not sure what state his suit was in.
The Prime Minister met local ex-servicemen at one of their regular Saturday breakfast meetings in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, in his Richmond constituency.
On a sunny morning, he met the group of eight veterans and sat in the Buck Inn, a Wetherspoons pub on the High Street, where the group were sipping tea and some tucked in to breakfasts.
The Prime Minister replied: “It was wet.
“The number of people who have given me an umbrella over the last couple of days…”
“That’s our tradition, the Prime Minister, in the big moments, they call the election and they go out there.
“I thought, ‘come rain or shine, it’s the right thing to do’.
“But no pneumonia yet, my suit on the other hand… I’m not quite sure what state it will be in when I get back down to London.”
Mr Sunak spoke to veterans, who were sat at two tables, for around 20 minutes and briefly chatted with other customers in the pub, some of whom were having breakfast and others having an early pint.
He did not take any questions from the media.
