Rishi Sunak rules OUT deal with Nigel Farage after Brexit stalwart opened door to peace ahead of Tory election battle

RISHI Sunak has said “no deal” to Nigel Farage after the the Brexit mischief maker opened the door to peace.

The Reform President had hinted he could back way from causing the Tories a possible ballot box annihilation if the PM had reached out.

Rishi Sunak today RULED OUT doing a deal with Nigel Farage and Reform UKCredit: Getty

At a Tory campaign event in Honiton, Devon, the PM told The Sun that the election is a two horse race between himself and Sir Keir StarmerCredit: Reuters

Earlier today Nigel Farage told The Sun's Harry Cole that he's open to doing a deal with the PMCredit: Darren Fletcher

But responding to our Never Mind the Ballots exclusive - the PM said no dice.

Earlier in the day, Farage had suggested there was room for a deal, saying to Rishi: "Give me something back… We might have a conversation.”

The Brexit stalwart said he had done the party many "favours" over the years - asking the PM: "What are they going to do back for me?"But quizzed on a campaign stop in Devon, Mr Sunak told The Sun’s Noa Hoffman it was no way!

Ribbing Farage, the PM said: “There's only going to be one or two people who's going to be Prime Minister on July 5th. It's either Keir Starmer or me. So that’s the choice for everyone in this election.

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He added: “A vote for anyone who isn't the Conservative candidate is a vote to put Keir Starmer into No10.”

Earlier on Wednesday Farage told Political Editor Harry Cole the Tories had tried to lure him away – hinting they had even offered him a peerage.

But asked what could make him stand down from his pledge to wipe out the Tories, he added: “I got rid of Theresa May with the Brexit Party. I stood aside for Boris to help him win a massive majority.
“What are they going to do back for me?”

He went on: “I’ve done them some huge favours over the years as a party.

“Give me something back. We might have a conversation.”

But he also warned the government’s “betrayal” on borders and immigration will cost the Tories the election.

He said five years of the Conservatives not doing “a darn thing” meant some Leave voters “hate” the PM’s party “and they’re not gonna vote for it”.

In a fiery clash on our Never Mind The Ballots daily election show, Farage added that three successive Tory manifestos had pledged to keep net migration in the tens of thousands a year, and in 2019 the party promised to “honour the Brexit vote”.

Farage said: “The betrayal, the lies from the Conservative Party at every election since 2010 on legal immigration are just astonishing.
"Net migration is three-quarters of a million a year. I’m sorry, this is betrayal, and that’s how I feel about it.”

The Brexit frontman said some Leave voters would be put off backing Sunak over the record figures, blasting: “Those people hate your party, and they’re not gonna vote for it, and I have to say, I don’t blame them.”

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Farage also claimed the Government had failed to put enough distance between Britain and Brussels, meaning Keir Starmer's Labour could undo parts of it if they win.

He said: “Starmer would find it very difficult to drag us back to the single market position if the Conservatives had taken us away from it.