FM criticised for ‘depraved’ Rwanda bet with Morgan

Rishi Sunak has been been accused of committing a potential breach of the ministerial code as he was criticised for a “depraved” bet with broadcast er piers morgan over whether flights will take off to Rwanda.

The Talktv presenter offered the Prime Minister a £1,000 bet that ministers would not be able to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. Mr Sunak shook hands with Mr morgan and appeared to accept the wager.

“I’ll bet you £1,000 to a refugee charity you don’t get anybody on those planes before the election,” Mr Morgan told the PM.

The SNP has sent a letter to Sir Laurie Magnus, the independent adviser on ministers’ interests, as well as Cabinet Secretary Simon Case calling for an investigation.

SNP Cabinet Office spokesperson Kirsty Blackman described Mr Sunak betting money on whether he can send vulnerable refugees abroad ahead of the election as “grotesque” and claimed the PM may have breached ministerial code rules on avoiding conflicts with private interests as well as the Nolan Principles of Public Life.

“It’s particularly shameful that Rishi Sunak, one of the richest men in the UK, thinks it’s appropriate to accept a £1,000 wager – and will remind ordinary working families that near billionaire Sunak doesn’t have a clue what life is like for the rest of us in a cost-ofliving crisis,” she said.

The SNP’S Westminster leader Stephen Flynn said: “The lives of some of the most vulnerable people on the planet reduced to a crude bet. It’s just a game to these people. Depraved.”

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “I think what the Prime Minister’s saying, and obviously what is clear coming through from that interview, is the Prime Minister’s absolute confidence that we’ll get flights off the ground.”