The phrase became a recurring theme of the BBC debate as the public were warned against the consequences of Conservative capitulation.
Rishi Sunak issued a rallying cry to disillusioned Tories last night as he repeatedly called on voters not to 'surrender' the country to chaos under the Labour Party - with the election campaign entering its final week.
And the fiercest exchanges came over immigration, with Mr Sunak saying the people-smuggling gangs would 'need a bigger boat' if Labour wins the election. The Prime Minister tore into the Labour leader over immigration and his 'dishonesty' on tax as he battles against a Tory meltdown A snap YouGov poll found that TV viewers thought they fought each other to a standstill, splitting 50-50 on who had won.
FT columnist Stephen Bush added that he had Cheap Trick's Surrender stuck in his head after watching the show, while former London Mayor candidate Siobhan Benita joked: 'now we'll have to listen to every Tory saying this in every interview for the next eight days.' Mr Sunak acknowledged that the public was 'frustrated' with him and his party, but warned that Labour would let Channel migrants 'out on our streets', and ditching the Rwanda scheme would mean people smugglers would 'need a bigger boat'.
In response, Sir Keir said: 'Pensioners are not going to be better off with a Prime Minister who's making promises that he can't keep because they're not funded.' But the PM said Labour was not revealing the truth about its tax plans – and suggested Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves could impose punishing rises within weeks of coming to office.'It's in their DNA, mark my words.
Be the first to commentBe one of the first to commentComments"Reform will TRY far more than anyone else." - Johnny NorfolkRespond Now The crowd looked sceptical about many of the answers given by the party leaders But as he faced down the Labour leader the PM said Labour would make Britain the 'soft touch of Europe' on immigration by scrapping the Rwanda deportation scheme.
Sir Keir said he would process the claims of those who arrived – but refused to rule out the possibility that most would eventually be given asylum. 'What I did when one of my team was alleged to have been involved and investigated by the Gambling Commission, they were suspended within minutes, because I knew it made it really important to be swift, the Prime Minister delayed and delayed and delayed until eventually he was bullied into taking action,' the Labour leader said.
The Prime Minister claimed he had warned about the damage of Ms Truss's plans, but Sir Keir said he then accepted them 'in the next breath'. This included claims of a 'retirement tax', as well as sharing an image of the often referred to letter that Labour former Treasury minister Liam Byrne left when the party last exited government joking there was 'no money left'.
He confirmed that Labour would scrap the Rwanda scheme, but insisted that the Channel migrant crisis could be solved by 'smashing' the criminal gangs. He added: 'The instinct of these people to think the first thing they should do is try to make money, that was the wrong instinct, and we have to change that.'
'They've had loads of promises made in the last election about what will happen which haven't been delivered on, that does beat the hope out of people. Both committed to protecting women's rights to single-sex spaces, regardless of whether someone has a gender recognition certificate. Mr Sunak replied: 'That's not what I did, I was pointing out that you've changed your mind on this question multiple times.'
He added: 'My message to you is simple: if you want your NHS back, you have to vote for it. If you want a growing economy, you have to vote for it. We Think research conducted using the so-called MRP methodology suggested Labour could get a majority of 280 - the biggest in modern political history.But a Find Out Now survey carried out with Electoral Calculus projected an even more dramatic outcome. It found the Tories could be slashed to just 60 seats, behind the Lib Dems with 71.
MRPs are now widely regarded as 'gold standard' in the polling industry, but they have been suggesting widely differing outcomes depending on assumptions such as likelihood to vote. They also take a longer period to conduct, meaning some of the research dates back weeks. Meanwhile, Reform would pick up 18, with Mr Farage finally entering Parliament alongside Richard Tice.
'He refused over and over again to rule out tax rises, Keir Starmer is going to put taxes up,' the Cabinet minister said. Read More Tory election candidate Philip Davies 'put an £8k bet on himself to LOSE his seat next week' Quizzed about the leaked recording of Mr Jones saying Labour's green plans will cost 'hundreds of billions' of pounds, Labour's Pat McFadden - the party's campaign chief - told reporters: 'What Darren was clearly talking about was the level private sector investment that you can get if you have a government that's willing to step up to the plate.
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