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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Archie Mitchell and Kate Devlin

James Cleverly refuses to deny he called Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda scheme ‘batshit’

PA Wire

James Cleverly has repeatedly refused to deny that he called Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation policy “batshit” as a former top judge attacked the government for trying to use the law to change facts.

The new home secretary said he "did not remember" using the expletive to describe the government's flagship “stop the boats” policy.

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