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Watch: Therese Coffey was sent out to speak to the media this morning… it didn’t go well

"We've just wasted £500,000, what an abject failure. If the ECHR made their decision that quickly, it must have been obvious that the Rwanda policy was in contravention of that convention?", Susanna Reid pointed out.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2022-06-15 10:29
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Therese Coffey was parachuted in to defend the government’s failed (for now) decision to send migrants to Rwanda on a one-way ticket this morning.

Speaking to Sky News she said the government was “disappointed in the decision” by the European Convention on Human Rights to block the flight.

“I’ve never known such a quick decision made by the ECHR… and I think the public will be surprised we have European judges overruling British judges.”

Steve Bray managed to get to her before the appearance, which was proceeded by an interview on GMB.

They have wheeled Coffey out for the press today. I literally drove in to Millbank behind them. Just now at Parliament. #ToryFascists pic.twitter.com/afeZxU7FJi

— Steve Bray Activist Against Brexit +Corrupt Tories (@snb19692) June 15, 2022

Therese Coffey – "We are a law-abiding government" 🤔#KayBurley #BBCBreakfast pic.twitter.com/onsjTxwo3t

— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) June 15, 2022

“Abject failure”

Susanna Reid told the minister: “We’ve just wasted £500,000, what an abject failure

“If the ECHR made their decision that quickly, it must have been obvious that the Rwanda policy was in contravention of that convention?”

To which she replied: “We believe this policy is right and fair.”

Watch

Susanna Reid – We've just wasted £500,000… what an abject failure.. if the ECHR made their decision that quickly.. it must have been obvious that the Rwanda policy was in contravention of that convention?

Therese Coffey – "We believe this policy is right & fair" #GMB pic.twitter.com/UTaSGXv8iJ

— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) June 15, 2022

But it wasn’t over for Therese, on BBC breakfast news Jon Kay asked her: “You know that Tory MPs want to change the way the UK is involved with the ECHR… so the Rwanda policy has been nothing more than political theatre…this was just red meat to Tory backbenchers?”

Coffey denied this was the case.

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Jon Kay: You know that Tory MPs want to change the way the UK is involved with the ECHR… so the Rwanda policy has been nothing more than political theatre… this was just red meat to Tory backbenchers?

Therese Coffey: I don't think that's the case.. #BBCBreakfast pic.twitter.com/AXjCHHMOO3

— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) June 15, 2022

So do you agree with her or perhaps this tweet from David Osland who wrote: “Priti Patel is deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda, Prince Charles, the Church of England and Jezza have formed a united front against the idea, and a lot of cowardly politicians are saying nothing for fear of offending racists. I do have that right, don’t I?”

Priti Patel is deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda, Prince Charles, the Church of England and Jezza have formed a united front against the idea, and a lot of cowardly politicians are saying nothing for fear of offending racists. I do have that right, don't I?

— David__Osland (@David__Osland) June 14, 2022

And just before you go here is the rest of her chat on Sky News…

Watch

Therese Coffey pulling the Tory line

She thinks an aeroplane costing half a million quid to sit on a runway was value for money

Niall Patterson did well today

‘Everyone knew this plane wouldn’t take off, apart from the government’#ToryFascists #kayburley #ToryIncompetence pic.twitter.com/zb7oBNDbQZ

— kerry ✊💙🇺🇦 (@hewitson10) June 15, 2022

Related: Frankie Boyle’s comment about Rwanda might well resonate with you

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