Rishi Sunak is going head-to-head with Labour leader Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday as the row with Greece over the Elgin Marbles intensifies and the Tory party appears split on immigration policies.The PM is embroiled in a deepening war of words with Athens after cancelling a meeting with Greek leader Adonis Georgiades.
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00:00 Never mind the British Museum; it is the Prime Minister who has obviously lost his marbles.
00:12 The Greek Prime Minister came to London to meet him, a fellow NATO member and an economic
00:20 ally, one of our most important partners in tackling illegal immigration. Instead of using
00:28 that meeting to discuss those serious issues, he tried to humiliate him and cancelled the
00:35 last minute. Why such small politics, Prime Minister?
00:40 >>The Prime Minister Of course we are always happy to discuss
00:46 important topics of substance with our allies, such as tackling illegal migration or strengthening
00:53 our security, but when it was clear that the purpose of a meeting was not to discuss substantive
01:00 issues for the future but rather to grandstand and relitigate issues of the past, it was
01:05 inappropriate. Furthermore, when specific commitments and assurances on that topic were
01:15 made to this country and then were broken, it may seem alien to him, but my view is that
01:20 people make commitments, they should keep them.
01:22 (audience laughing)