Darren Jones ammette di aver sbagliato a dire che la maggior parte dei migranti su piccole barche sono “bambini, bambini e donne”
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/darren-jones-admits-he-was-wrong-to-say-most-migrants-on-small-boats-are-children-babies-and-women_uk_684c5480e4b0897e37f9c47e
di 1-randomonium
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>The chief secretary to the Treasury made the erroneous claim on the BBC’s Question Time programme on Thursday night.
>He was challenged on the programme by former Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf, who claimed that more than 90% of those on the boats were men.
>In actual fact, Home Office data indicates that adult males made up 73% of small boat arrivals between January 2018 and March 2025.
I believe him in the sense that he probably really did see an individual boat with mostly woman and children. The way he spoke was clumsy at best though, and he should have known better. Anyway this should now be the end of the matter
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That’s very little and it’s very late. Senior ministers should not be able to make grubby attempts to emotionally manipulate the public.
It was a scummy move and trying to initially defend the comments and then move on by calling everyone else dishonest is easily resignation territory.
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As much as it was a ridiculous statement, FairPlay to him for admitting it was wrong. We should praise people for doing this rather than doubling down
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