Associate Editor of the Daily Mirror Kevin Maguire has criticised UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after taking a bet on whether deportation flights to Rwanda will take off before the next general election.

In a one-on-one interview with Sky News Australia host Piers Morgan said to Mr Sunak, “I’ll bet you £1,000 to a refugee charity you don’t get anybody on those planes before the election. Will you take that bet?”

Mr Sunak shook hands with Mr Morgan and said, “of course, I want to get people on the planes”.

Mr Maguire blasted the British Prime Minister calling him a “naïve fool” for taking the bet.

“He should not have taken that bet, he looked like a naïve fool to do so,” he told Sky News Australia host Piers Morgan.

“He looked glib with a £1,000 to spare.”

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