Politics newest information: £1,000 Rwanda guess took me completely abruptly, says Sunak amid backlash

Rishi Sunak stated he was “taken totally by surprise” by a £1,000 guess with Piers Morgan on the Government’s Rwanda coverage. 

Mr Morgan guess the Prime Minister £1,000 to a refugee charity that Rwanda migrant deportation flights wouldn’t take off earlier than the following normal election. 

The Prime Minister didn’t verbally comply with the guess throughout an interview on TalkTV however the two males did shake arms, prompting a backlash from a few of Mr Sunak’s political opponents who accused him of being “callous”. 

Mr Sunak was informed throughout an interview on BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast this morning that some individuals considered the guess as “pretty offensive” given the price of dwelling pressures on many family budgets. 

He stated: “If I am being totally honest I am not a betting person and I was taken totally by surprise in the middle of that interview…” 

Asked if it was a mistake to shake on the guess, Mr Sunak stated: “The point I was trying to get across, as I said I was taken totally by surprise, the the point I was trying to get across was actually about the Rwanda policy and about tackling illegal migration because it is something I care deeply about. 

“Obviously people have strong views on this. I just was underlining my absolute commitment to this policy and my desire to get it through Parliament up and running because I believe you need to have a deterrent.”

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