Hours before, he had announced it ban on imports of Russian diamonds<\/strong> – and told me he thinks other G7 countries will follow suit this weekend.<\/p>\n “Russia<\/strong> It should be known that we and other countries are firm in our determination to support Ukraine, not only here and now with the resources it needs to protect itself, but also in the long term,” the Prime Minister said.<\/p>\n Latest Ukraine war: ‘Remarkable development’ means Russia has ‘never looked weaker’<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr altar<\/strong> he repeatedly refused to commit to reducing global net migration below the figure of 504,000 for the year to June 2022, saying: “What I can commit to is that we want to reduce these levels.”<\/p>\n In 2019 the conservative<\/strong> The party pledged in its manifesto to reduce global net migration figures from the then 226,000 by 2019.<\/p>\n But during this parliament, net migration has continued to rise to record levels, and is set to rise even higher.<\/p>\n Figures to be released next week will show the numbers growing from 650,000 to one million, increasing pressure on the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n Of course, Mr. Sunak hates committing to a figure because he doesn’t know if he can keep the promise – his motto after all is keep promises and don’t promise what you can’t keep.<\/p>\n But it is also an admission that, having failed to meet the last manifesto target of reducing net migration below 226,000, he cannot even commit to pushing it back beyond half a million, which will give the Labor plenty of political ammunition to fire. to the prime minister who is campaigning for the general elections.<\/p>\n Rishi Sunak’s G7 Plan<\/span><\/p>\n Mr Sunak kept coming back to his plans to tackle illegal immigration and stop small boat crossings in our interview, probably because he knows this is where mainstream voters will want to see progress from the Prime Minister, but he has also of knowing that the high levels of migration and breaking the promise of the 2019 manifesto puts him in a tight spot with the public.<\/p>\n The Prime Minister said this week about his electoral prospects that he is confident he can win the next general election, but you can’t help but wonder if he is still recovering. heavy losses in local elections earlier this month<\/strong> which saw the Conservatives lose more than 1,000 councillors.<\/p>\n Read more: After all, this is a very successful man: the head of his boarding school, a millionaire and a successful businessman who went into politics and became prime minister.<\/p>\n But when I asked him how he feels when he loses, he seemed a little perplexed and asked me what he meant.<\/p>\n When I asked him again how he felt when he didn’t win, he trotted out the same line he did on local election morning: “It’s always disappointing to lose hard-working councillors.”<\/p>\n “How do you feel when you lose?”<\/span><\/p>\n In fact, the Prime Minister was quite robotic in our interview at times.<\/p>\n Eight times in our nine-minute exchange, Sunak referred to his “five priorities.”<\/p>\n He went on to list these priorities on four separate occasions in our conversation when I pressed him about the local elections and the cost of living crisis.<\/p>\n
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