Rishi Sunak issued a rallying cry to disillusioned Tories last night as he repeatedly called on voters not to 'surrender' the country to chaos under the Labour Party - with the election campaign entering its final week.
And the fiercest exchanges came over immigration, with Mr Sunak saying the people-smuggling gangs would 'need a bigger boat' if Labour wins the election. The Prime Minister tore into the Labour leader over immigration and his 'dishonesty' on tax as he battles against a Tory meltdown A snap YouGov poll found that TV viewers thought they fought each other to a standstill, splitting 50-50 on who had won.
FT columnist Stephen Bush added that he had Cheap Trick's Surrender stuck in his head after watching the show, while former London Mayor candidate Siobhan Benita joked: 'now we'll have to listen to every Tory saying this in every interview for the next eight days.' Mr Sunak acknowledged that the public was 'frustrated' with him and his party, but warned that Labour would let Channel migrants 'out on our streets', and ditching the Rwanda scheme would mean people smugglers would 'need a bigger boat'.
In response, Sir Keir said: 'Pensioners are not going to be better off with a Prime Minister who's making promises that he can't keep because they're not funded.' But the PM said Labour was not revealing the truth about its tax plans – and suggested Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves could impose punishing rises within weeks of coming to office.'It's in their DNA, mark my words.
Be the first to commentBe one of the first to commentComments"Reform will TRY far more than anyone else." - Johnny NorfolkRespond Now The crowd looked sceptical about many of the answers given by the party leaders But as he faced down the Labour leader the PM said Labour would make Britain the 'soft touch of Europe' on immigration by scrapping the Rwanda deportation scheme.
Sir Keir said he would process the claims of those who arrived – but refused to rule out the possibility that most would eventually be given asylum. 'What I did when one of my team was alleged to have been involved and investigated by the Gambling Commission, they were suspended within minutes, because I knew it made it really important to be swift, the Prime Minister delayed and delayed and delayed until eventually he was bullied into taking action,' the Labour leader said.
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