After appearing to take a wager that the Rwanda plan will succeed prior to the election, Rishi Sunak was charged with “gambling with people’s lives”.
The prime minister is in hot water after seemingly taking the £1,000 gamble over the halted asylum policy.
“I’ll bet you £1,000 to a refugee charity you don’t get anybody on those planes before the election,” Talk TV host Mr. Morgan remarked. Would you accept that wager?”
Following their handshake, Mr. Sunak replied, “Of course I want to get people on the planes” to Mr. Morgan.
Opposition Members of Parliament promptly attacked the prime minister, accusing him of “gambling with people’s lives” and turning the weak and defenseless “into a crude bet.”
Because of what the SNP claimed to be a possible violation of the ministerial code, the party even submitted Mr. Sunak to his own independent adviser on ministers’ interests.
SNP Cabinet Office spokesperson Kirsty Blackman wrote in a letter to Sir Laurie Magnus that Mr. Sunak’s activities are “below the high standards people should expect of those in public life” and that they would violate ministerial code regulations prohibiting conflicts of interest with private interests.
