"It Is A PROBLEM!" - Tory Minister Mistakes Congo And Rwanda For Same Country On Question Time
Policing minister Chris Philp appeared to confuse the countries of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Question Time. Responding to an audience member’s question during the BBC One programme, the MP for Croydon South seemed to ask whether “Rwanda is a different country to Congo”. The audience member, who said he came from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, asked: “Had my family members come from Goma (a city on the country’s border) on a crossing right now, would they then be sent back to the country they are supposedly warring – Rwanda? “Does that make any sense to you?” Mr Philp replied: “No, I think there’s an exclusion on people from Rwanda being sent to Rwanda.” After the audience member objected that his parents were “not from Rwanda”, the Conservative MP appeared to ask: “Well, I mean, Rwanda is a different country to Congo isn’t it? “It’s a different country?” The comment caused a short outburst of laughter from some members of the debate programme’s audience as shadow health secretary Wes Streeting’s eyes darted around the room. Former Labour adviser Richard Power Sayeed says Mr Philp's answer shows that the Rwanda scheme is "fundamentally flawed". Click here for more from TalkTV https://talk.tv If you need any help visit: https://talk.tv/helplines
