In a heated exchange between the two leaders, Sunak pushed Starmer on what he would do with the illegal migrants coming into the UK. Sunak pointed to his Rwanda plan, repeatedly asking Starmer “what will you do with them?”. Starmer’s response was a mere“we will process them”. Noting that “these people come from Iran, Syria and Afghanistan”, Sunak responded:

“Are you going to sit down with the Iranian Ayatollahs? … To try and do a deal with the Taliban? It’s completely nonsensical what you’re saying. You’re taking people for fools.”

Cue huge applause from the audience…