‘We cannot pretend that this is not deeply deeply shameful.’
James O’Brien reacts to Policing minister Chris Philp’s Question Time slip up, which left audience members shocked after he asked whether Rwanda was a different country from Congo.
The scenario led James to ask if the government really understands what the newly passed Rwanda bill does or ‘what it is designed to achieve’.
The government minister was questioned by an audience member about the Bill and what this meant for those travelling to the UK from the neighbouring country of Congo.
It comes after the Prime Minister’s flagship Rwanda bill was passed on Monday after he announced the first flights deporting asylum seekers to the country would take off in 10 to 12 weeks.
The bill was officially passed into law on after being granted royal assent on Thursday.
It followed weeks of parliamentary deadlock between the Commons and Lords.
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