James SunderlandBritain’s Home Secretary’s chief assistant, James Cleverly, has described as «bullshit» the plan to send undocumented migrants to Rwanda, one of that department’s priorities, the BBC reports on Sunday.
Sunderland, who is running for re-election as a Conservative MP in the July 4 election, made the comments during a private event with party youth on April 2, where he explained details of the Home Office.
«What I would like to tell you – does anyone have a camera or a phone? – is this The initiative is bullshit, okay? It’s bullshit«, then said the ‘Tory’ politician, who let himself be filmed without realizing it.
Sunderland have made it clear that «it’s not about the policy itself, but about its effects», according to the BBC. The candidate explained this to the public channel I was just trying to «answer questions honestly». and he underlined that he also told those present that the important thing about the Rwandan plan is its deterrent effect.
On Saturday he expertly apologized to his assistant, saying he had expressed himself in these terms «clearly for dramatic effect and to capture the public’s attention». «But he fully supports, and it’s clear from the recording, the deterrent effect of Rwanda’s policy,» he said.
Labour’s Home Affairs spokeswoman, Yvette Cooper, criticized that «the Conservatives’ plan for Rwanda has been completely exposed as a failed extortion stunt». «When will they be honest in public and admit what they obviously say in private? That the Rwanda plan is a complete scam,» she said.
His Liberal Democrat counterpart, Alistair Carmichael, noted that this Conservative strategy “is an immoral and expensive trick and everyone, including the conservatives at the top, knows it.»
