Rishi Sunak suffers embarrassing gaffe as he gets LOCKED OUT of No10 after nightmare week
Rishi Sunak suffers embarrassing gaffe as he gets LOCKED OUT of No10 after nightmare week
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The Prime Minister suffered a moment of embarrassment after being accidentally locked out of No10.
Rishi Sunak had attempted to welcome the Dutch PM Mark Rutte to Downing Street on Thursday, December 7.
After posing for photos, there was a moment where Sunak fumbled awkwardly to open the door, which appeared to be locked.
They both looked round to the side to see if someone could help and after a short wait, the door eventually opened.
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Only a few hours earlier, Sunak was forced to hold an emergency press conference to defend his Rwanda plan after the surprise resignation of immigration minister Robert Jenrick.
Liberal Democrat deputy leader, Daisy Cooper said: "This is only a sign of things to come: next year, voters have the chance to lock Rishi Sunak and the Conservatives out of No10 for good."
Officials said Mark Rutte was at Downing Street to talk about "the scourge of illegal migration" and the UK's Rwanda policy as well as the conflict in the Middle East and Ukraine.
Earlier this month, Rutte ruled out forming a government with the anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders’ Freedom party (PVV).
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The pair were left waiting outside the front door
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Last month, Supreme Court judges blocked the government's original Rwanda plan, declaring that Rwanda was not a safe country and that the asylum system was flawed.
A key source close to the people smuggling operations has told GB News the policy has become the butt of jokes amongst Channel migrants.
Lawyers examining the Government's new legislation on behalf of right-wing MPs are gearing up to criticise the plans
The European Research Group, along with the Common Sense Group and the New Conservatives, have convened a so-called 'Star Chamber' of lawyers to examine the legislation.
The pair met in Downing Street
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MPs on the left of the party, many of them linked to the One Nation caucus of MPs, have also instructed lawyers to look at the legislation.
A source on the right of the party told GB News that Sunak "is in danger of either enacting a piece of legislation which doesn't deliver, or getting into a position where both sets of lawyers oppose the Bill".
MPs will vote on the legislation next Tuesday.
Not a single migrant has yet been sent to Rwanda since the beleaguered scheme was launched.