Election latest: Deputy PM dismisses threat from Reform; Farage facing questions amid racism row

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Rishi Sunak says Labour would cause 'irreversible damage within just 100 days of coming to power' led by Sir Keir Starmer. Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips is live on Sky News now - watch in the stream below.

Now joining Trevor Phillips on Sky News is Pat McFadden, Labour's national campaign co-ordinator.Trevor begins by suggesting that Labour would owe something to Nigel Farage and Reform UK if the party is to win a significant majority at Thursday's general election.The Conservatives - who are 20 points behind Labour in the polls, with Reform UK closely behind - have lost a significant number of voters to Mr Farage's party.

And I hope that people will show up. I hope they ignore these polls, to be honest.'Trevor presses on the matter, asking if there could be an issue with the legitimacy of a Labour government.He asks: 'Isn't there the potentially a problem that you become a government with essentially a poor mandate?'Mr McFadden dismisses this idea.

 

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