Article 6JDGB ‘Not a betting person’: Rishi Sunak rows back on £1,000 Rwanda bet

‘Not a betting person’: Rishi Sunak rows back on £1,000 Rwanda bet

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Ben Quinn Political correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#6JDGB)

PM says he was taken by surprise' when Piers Morgan challenged him over likelihood of deportation flights

Rishi Sunak has rowed back on a 1,000 bet with the broadcaster Piers Morgan on whether deportation flights to Rwanda would take off before the general election, claiming he is not a betting person".

The prime minister said on Tuesday he had been taken by surprise" when Morgan had said to him during a TalkTV interview: I'll bet you 1,000 to a refugee charity you don't get anybody on those planes before the election. Will you take that bet?"

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