Watch: New govt slogan Sunak used in Silicon Valley is pure fantasy

Rishi Sunak loves Silicon Valley, many people wonder why he isn’t working at some start up on £35 million a year minimum.

Why he remains in the UK to get slammed every day is a head scratcher.

Back in 2021, he told Sifted that he wanted the public sector to adopt something of the startup mindset. “We want to move quickly, be highly consumer-orientated and do things that scale with impact,” Sunak said. “We want to do things that are technology-centric as that’s how people are living their lives. So hopefully we can have that ‘startup Treasury’ mindset.”

Unicorn Kingdom

Anyway, in an article by TechCrunch last month they were VERY positive about the UK’s tech industry, they wrote: “Leading the charge in building world-class companies across artificial intelligence (AI), fintech and biotech with a global outlook, the U.K. has earned the moniker of “Unicorn Kingdom.”‘.

Yes you read that right ‘Unicorn Kingdom.”

Over to our esteemed PM and he told an audience that “We just launched a campaign in Silicon Valley just talking about our companies and what they are doing.. The campaign is called Unicorn Kingdom.”

Rishi Sunak, "We just launched a campaign in Silicon Valley just talking about our companies and what they are doing.. The campaign is called Unicorn Kingdom." pic.twitter.com/xCnXjxuKos

— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) April 24, 2023

Reactions

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This is the only post-Brexit unicorn Sunak will see out of his “Unicorn Kingdom” pitch to Silicon Valley pic.twitter.com/qFdpeFmvSn

— Simon Deane-Johns (@sdjohns) April 24, 2023

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The Johnson often bragged about this. I have since heard Sunak and Hunt repeat the same claims. Listen to what an expert has to say on whether or not the country will become the next Silicon Valley. https://t.co/exAWv83g8W

— Esheru (@EsheruKwaku) April 19, 2023

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Unicorn Kingdom, really?

Can this country handle this level of cringe until October 2024 😵pic.twitter.com/bkrGhBHbet

— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) April 24, 2023

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Omg is this the same as the brexit unicorn? pic.twitter.com/y5OJWRLjSh

— Rob Banker 🌈🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧🇪🇺 #FBPE (@robjoe11) April 24, 2023

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Oh dear…

Zero chance of Britain becoming a technology hub says expert.#Brexit was the biggest loss of sovereignty since 1066.

We must #SetBritainFree and #GetBrexitUndone to get our sovereignty back.
pic.twitter.com/vfPJJH6YSp

— Liz Webster (@LizWebsterSBF) April 19, 2023

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