PM on immigration: 'Back to square one' if Labour's in power
Rishi Sunak accuses Sir Keir Starmer of wanting to reverse the Rwanda bill even if it's working saying it's "crystal clear" the Labour leader doesn't have a plan to stop illegal migration and it would be "back to square one" if he came into power. In response Mr Starmer says that even Rishi Sunak's former home secretary doesn't back the scheme and his current home secretary calls it "batshit". Report by Czubalam. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 When the BBC asked him about the Rwanda plan, they quizzed him, they said,
00:04 "If the numbers crossing the channel on small boats decline, i.e. so it's working,
00:09 would you still reverse it?"
00:11 The Labour leader said, "Yes."
00:13 [Booing]
00:15 It's crystal clear he doesn't have a plan and it will be back to square one.
00:20 His former Home Secretary says the plan won't work.
00:24 His current Home Secretary calls it batshit.
00:27 His former Immigration Minister doesn't back his plan.
00:31 Even the Prime Minister himself doesn't believe in it.
00:34 And last week, another of his MPs said the Tories should admit
00:39 that things have got worse since they came to office,
00:42 that after 14 years they've left Britain less united.
00:46 The country is a sadder place.