Downing Street Declines to Slap Down Darren Jones’ Claim That Small Boat Migrants Are ‘Children, Babies, Women’ – Guido Fawkes

Downing Street Declines to Slap Down Darren Jones’ Claim That Small Boat Migrants Are ‘Children, Babies, Women’

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At the regular Lobby briefing of journalists Downing Street refused to clarify or comment on the claim made by Darren Jones last night that “the majority of the people in these boats are children, babies and women.” Jones went on a moral tirade at the audience for having concerns about migrant crossings…

The UK government website: “70% of people claiming asylum in the year ending September 2024 were male.” Hacks were told Starmer still had confidence in Jones and were given nothing else. Hardly useful in Starmer’s pitch to Reform voters…