Home Office minister Chris Philp had a cringeworthy moment on Question Time last night. When an audience member asked him whether people coming from Congo – a country that’s at war with Rwanda – would be sent on flights to Rwanda, Philp floundered. He said: “there’s an exclusion on people from Rwanda being sent to Rwanda.” The audience member reminded him that he was talking about Congo…

To which Philp questioned whether the two were different countries: “From Congo? well… Rwanda is a different country from Congo isn’t it?”. If ministers don’t understand the basics…