After comparing the small boat crackdown to Nazi Germany, Rishi Sunak suggested Gary Lineker is out of touch with the British public.
The Prime Minister insisted that there is “a lot of strong support” for the plans to prohibit anyone entering the country illegally from seeking asylum.
After comparing the small boat crackdown to Nazi Germany, Rishi Sunak suggested Gary Lineker is out of touch with the British public.
Asked what he thought about the Match of the Day host’s slur by journalists ahead of a summit with Emmanuel Macron today, Mr Sunak said: “I strongly believe that what we’re doing is the right thing to do. I believe it is the fair thing to do, as well as the moral and compassionate thing to do, and I’ve made that case numerous times.”
“I’ll continue to make it and I think actually the more people think about this challenge and how best to address it they will see that it is the right approach.
“And actually I was pleased that there was generally, actually quite a lot of strong support for the approach we’ve outlined now that we’ve outlined it, because this is about thinking what’s the best way to help the world’s most vulnerable people, which is something that the British public have demonstrated time and time again that they want to do, and no one can say that that’s not the case.”
He went on: “Over the last few years half a million people have been welcomed to the UK from Syria, Afghanistan, Hong Kong and Ukraine and it’s right that we’re able to help the world’s most vulnerable people.”
“That’s what everyone wants to do, and that’s what I want to do, and we’re not going to be able to do that if we persist with a system that’s overwhelmed by people coming here illegally who are not the most vulnerable.”