he Archbishop Canterbury has said he will continue to speak out against the government’s migrant policies as he denied attacking the Minister of Internal Affairs in person.
Justin Welby was criticized by Tory MP Jonathan Gullis after he used a speech in the House of Lords to rebuke the government’s immigration policy and predicted that the Rwanda plan was doomed to fail.
In an extensive interview with Channel 4 News, the archbishop denied personally attacking Suella Braverman while insisting that he continue to speak his mind on what he called a “moral” issue.
“Everything is a political problem. I mean, absolutely everything,” he said.
Something can be legal and yet wrong
He denied using his speech to “explain” Ms. Braverman, saying, “I never ran into the Secretary of the Interior.
“I talk about policy, not about people. That would be a welcome change from a lot of politics.”
The archbishop used his speech in the Lords to warn that “control has become brutality” while also arguing that the Rwanda plan would be a failure.
He refused to budge or back down on his comments after being told that the Supreme Court had ruled the controversial policy lawful.
The Archbishop told the program that he would continue to speak out on the issue of migration and asylum policy, adding that he had not been wrong in his views on the plan.
“No absolutely not.
“We never said it was legal or illegal. We said it’s wrong. Something can be legal and yet wrong.”
“I don’t think it will be a success for many reasons,” the archbishop said.
Earlier this week Ms Braverman said she was determined to send migrants to Rwanda as soon as possible after the Supreme Court ruling, but Downing Street admitted it was impossible to say when flights could depart as long as the threat of further legal action remained to exist.