Flutter madness

Fury at PM's bad taste £1k bet on Rwanda. Sunak finally admits failure on NHS waits

- LIZZY BUCHAN

RISHI Sunak has been branded "out of touch" for betting £1,000 on deportation flights taking off to Rwanda before the election.

The Prime Minister shook on the wager after being challenged by Piers Morgan over his crisis-hit plan to ship asylum seekers to the African country.

The flagship Tory pledge has been beset by legal challenges, and Mr Sunak recently refused to guarantee that flights would take off before Britain goes to the polls this year.

The Government is trying to force legislation through Parliament to declare Rwanda a safe country, after the scheme was found to be unlawful by the Supreme Court in November.