Sunak hits back at Tory peer who suggested he'd move to US if he loses election

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : He said: "I've had a smile on my face since January 1 2024 because I knew this was going to be an election year.
67% : I've had a smile on my face since January 1, 2024 because I knew this was going to be election year.
65% : "That is my mission, that is my work, that is what I've been doing for four and a half years.
57% : "She also confirmed there would be no rises in income tax or National Insurance if it wins the general election"We think it's incredibly important that we give stability to the economy and that's why our focus will also be on growing the economy so that we have more to invest in our public services too.
55% : Asked on Monday whether he could rule out votes for EU citizens, Sir Keir replied: "Yes."Amy Gibbons, our Political Correspondent, reports.
55% : "I've wasted nine years of my life in opposition.
55% : "I think there is a review that has gone through in relation to voter ID but at the moment I have to say my priorities are the economy, the NHS and the first steps that I have set out.
55% : Now everything I have fought for has been shaped by my life, every change I've made to this party has been about a cause.
55% : "But wherever I saw a fork in the road, in the Crown Prosecution Service, in my work in Northern Ireland, and especially my work in the Labour Party, it always comes back to this, the golden threat, 'country first, party second', I will fight for you.
54% : In his 2020 Labour leadership campaign, Sir Keir had called for "full voting rights for EU nationals".
54% : "I've wasted nine years of my life in opposition, I've spent four and a half years as leader of the Labour Party...
52% : "Asked whether he could rule out votes for EU citizens, Sir Keir Starmer replied: "Yes."He added: "On the votes for 16 and 17-year-olds, I strongly believe if you can work as you can when you're 16 and 17, if you can serve in our Armed Forces, if you pay your taxes as you do if you're a 16 or 17-year-old, you have a right to say how those taxes are going to be used."Asked about the 10,000-plus people who had already crossed the Channel this year and how he would aim to stop the boats, Sir Keir Starmer said: "I do not think it's a coincidence that he has held the election before [the Rwanda plan] can be tested.
52% : Turning to the Tories' National Service plan, he added: "The desperation of this National Service policy, a sort of teenage Dad's Army, paid for - I kid you - not by cancelling Levelling Up funding and money from tax avoidance that we would use to invest in our NHS.
51% : "He added: "The changed Labour Party is my project and in the way we're able to go into this election demonstrates how a changed Labour Party is in a position now to credibly put its plans before the country to make the choice clear between more of the same or change and rebuild with Labour."Sir Keir Starmer said a Labour government "will look at" voter ID laws.
51% : Do we choose to give tax breaks to private schools, or do we invest directly into our state schools which have faced really big challenges in recent years?
50% : "But I do think it's also just a straightforward case of political priorities.
49% : "In fact, when asked about Voter ID, Sir Keir had said: "We'll look at this, but we haven't got great plans, and I think there is a review that has gone through in relation to Voter ID."12:29 PM BSTVotes for SNP for will 'get rid' of Tory MPs, says SwinneyJohn Swinney has told supporters that voting for the SNP is "the quickest way to get rid of the Tory MPs" in Scotland.
47% : Likewise, he knows that when we come across the enemy I'm going to be able to chat my way out of the situation.
46% : "But our focus right across the country is earning the trust for the British people, securing a Labour government and making the case for the kind of change that we could deliver if we win the next election, such as more teachers, more investment in our NHS, more police on our streets, tackling anti-social behaviour.
43% : Taxes, higher than at any time since the war.
36% : "The Home Secretary has mocked Sir Keir Starmer's speech in a tongue-in-cheek post on X, formerly Twitter.James Cleverly posted an edited three-second clip of Sir Keir's answer on whether he would repeal Voter ID.
33% : The party is using the social media site even though security concerns have seen its use banned from Government devices.02:30 PM BSTStarmer rules out votes for EU citizens in pledge U-turnSir Keir Starmer has ruled out giving votes to EU citizens in a U-turn on a previous pledge.
33% : "Now he says he wants to get rid of National Insurance.

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