Video
Thérèse Coffey drew bemused expressions in Parliament on Wednesday (January 17) after making a faux pas during a debate on the Rwanda bill.
The former environment secretary tried to slam Yvette Cooper, Labour's shadow home secretary, in a debate over the government's Rwanda bill on Wednesday.
Coffey said: “I have to say I was somewhat astonished by the speech of the shadow home secretary who can’t even get the name of the country right.
“Talking about the ‘Kigali government’. We are talking about Rwanda. A respected country.”
Cue laughter on the Labour benches. Kigali is Rwanda's capital city.
Oops.
How to join the indy100's free WhatsApp channel
Sign up to our free indy100 weekly newsletter
Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.