tens of flights landing every day and what not, tens of flights landing every day and whatnot, it s tens of flights landing every day and what not, it s not tens of flights landing every day and whatnot, it s not as tens of flights landing every day and what not, it s not as easy as we will land play and job done, it s just not that simple unfortunately. there is now a rush to leave and according to a report in the daily mail, government officials asked the foreign secretary, dominic raab, on friday to urgently call his afghan opposite number in order to arrange help for afghans who worked for the uk. mr rob was not at his usual desk, he was on holiday in crete and the court was delegated to a junior minister in said mr raab put laboursaid he minister in said mr raab put labour said he should be sacked or quick pond at the idea that the foreign secretary would pick up the phone at the taliban were advancing and standing at the gates of kabul to see what we to help afghanistan des
but did he miss an opportunity to get people out of afghanistan sooner? while the taliban were advancing, dominic raab was on holiday here in crete. rather than lounging on the beach, we re told he was working and making regular phone calls. last friday, officials here at the foreign office advised him to make one such call urgently, to the afghan foreign minister, for help in evacuating interpreters. but it s understood the job was delegated to a junior minister. and labour argues that a resigning matter. the idea that the foreign secretary wouldn t pick up the phone as the taliban were advancing and standing at the gates of kabul to see what we could do to help and to prevent afghanistan descending into a base for terror again seems to me to be extraordinary. and we believe that he should resign and be replaced with somebody who is actually up to doing thatjob. 0ther opposition parties believe dominic raab s time is up. the snp s ian blackford says he must resign or be sacked by the
and otherfamily have made it out. the practicalities of the situation are different than what the instructions want. i completely appreciate that there is efforts being made to have, you are saying tens of flights landing every day and whatnot, it s not as easy as, oh, we ll land the plane, you get there, job done it s just not that simple, unfortunately. there s now a rush to leave, and according to a report in the daily mail, government officials asked the foreign secretary, dominic raab, on friday to urgently call his afghan opposite number in order to arrange help for afghans who worked for the uk. mr raab was not at his usual desk he was on holiday in crete, and the call was delegated to a junior minister instead. labour said he should be sacked or quit. the idea that the foreign secretary wouldn t pick up the phone as the taliban were advancing and standing at the gates of kabul to see what we could do to help and to prevent afghanistan descending into a base for terror again
i want to begin by talking about dominic raab and the report in the news today that he did not, when requested by his officials, call his counterpart in afghanistan to talk about the evacuation of interpreters. the defence secretary ben wallace defending the situation earlier said no amount of phone calls to an afghan government at that time, last friday we are talking about, would have made any difference. what s your response to that? i difference. what s your response to that? 4 ., . ., that? i think the fact foreign secretary that? i think the fact foreign secretary didn t that? i think the fact foreign secretary didn t pick- that? i think the fact foreign secretary didn t pick up - that? i think the fact foreign secretary didn t pick up the l that? i think the fact foreign - secretary didn t pick up the phone to the afghan foreign minister, a government we have supported, fought alongside, evertroops government we have supported, fought alongside, ever troops have supported f
you. barbara- labour is accusing the foreign secretary of putting the lives of afghan interpreters who worked with british forces at risk. dominic raab was advised on friday to personally ask his afghan counterpart for urgent help to evacuate them from the country. but he didn t make the phone call. for now, the foreign secretary is going nowhere. share for now, the foreign secretary is going nowhere- going nowhere. are you going to resin, going nowhere. are you going to resign. mr going nowhere. are you going to resign, mr rabah? going nowhere. are you going to resign, mr rabah? but - going nowhere. are you going to resign, mr rabah? but if- going nowhere. are you going to resign, mr rabah? but if he - miss an opportunity to get people out of afghanistan sooner? while the taliban were advancing, dominic raab was on holiday here in crete. rather than lounging on the beach, we re told he was working at making regular phone calls. last friday, officials here at the foreign office