'Blathering idiot!' Joe Biden blasted for 'embarassing' meddling in UK migration policy
Democratic Unionist MP Ian Paisley Jr dubbed Biden a 'blathering idiot' for his remarks, claiming he hasn't explained how the policy would threaten peace
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Joe Biden has been criticised for meddling in the UK's migration policy, after the Rwanda deal was deemed illegal in the courts.
The White House has suggested the UK should not withdraw from the ECHR, claiming it could threaten the peace in Northern Ireland.
But Democratic Unionist MP Ian Paisley Jr dubbed Biden a "blathering idiot" for his remarks, claiming he hasn't explained how the policy would threaten peace.
Paisley Jr told GB News: "Blathering idiot.
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"He hasn’t explained how any U.K. domestic policy would threaten peace.
"Could he tell us the security intelligence he has that says whom is going to kill and bomb over this.
"Even Sinn Fein would be embarrassed by these presidential pronouncements.
"After all the inference is that Sinn Féin’s old bedfellows are about to break the peace process.
"What a silly old fool!"
Responding to the UK's threats to leave the European Convention on Human Rights in order to get the Rwanda deal off the ground, a senior whitehouse official told the New York Times they are "Definitely all keeping an eye on Northern Ireland".
Meanwhile, the US State Department said: "Our priority remains protecting the gains of the Belfast/Good Friday agreement, and preserving peace, stability and prosperity for the people of Northern Ireland."
Conservative MP David Jones also piled in on the US Government's remarks, accusing Biden of "anti-British sentiments".
He claimed the President's "personal prejudices" could sour the Anglo-British relationship.
While Conservative Party Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson mocked Biden for the intervention, advising him to focus on his own "illegal migration crisis".
He joked: "It's very kind of President Biden to offer his pearls of wisdom to the UK whilst we are desperate to get the Rwanda Scheme working to help solve our illegal migration crisis.
"Perhaps his time would be better spent sorting out America's illegal migration crisis that is in the millions and once he has the solution he can let us know.
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"Meanwhile we will crack on with our own ideas."
Jones, who is the Deputy Chairman of the European Research Group, added: "The President has a record of making anti-British statements. This is deeply regrettable.
"He should perhaps reflect that the United Kingdom is the strongest ally of the US and that the Anglo-American relationship is of crucial importance at such a critical time in global politics.
"It would be a great pity if he allowed his personal prejudices to sour that relationship."
