Adil Ray heroically trying to get a straight answer out of Dominic Raab had everyone cheering (and despairing)

John Plunkett. Updated March 1st, 2022

The government has so far been very good at talking the talk when it comes to helping refugees from Ukraine but rather less enthusiastic when it comes to, well, you know the rest.

Over on Good Morning Britain presenter Adil Ray tried his best to find out from deputy prime minister Dominic Raab if elderly relatives in Ukraine of people living over here would be allowed to join them in the UK.

His efforts were nothing short of heroic. Raab’s answers – such as they were – rather less so.

Susanna Reid: I’m not sure I’m any clearer about whether an elderly parent, of an adult here, is immediate family

Adil Ray: So if you have got a mother or father in Ukraine, you’ll have to let them know we’re waiting for a bit more detail, so try & avoid the cluster bombs#GMB pic.twitter.com/vVHyq0c0uS

— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) March 1, 2022

Here are just a few of the things people were saying about the exchange – and Raab – today.

https://twitter.com/FoodFunForest/status/1498579519480946690?s=20&t=KLO2hzx92oZbyeHhNbsLng

Adil Ray did a great job here. It is astounding that anyone is offended on Raab's behalf. He did not answer the question, we are no clearer about whether parents can come here as refugees from Ukraine. https://t.co/2Uu0FLswi1

— Georgia Lewis (@georgialewis76) March 1, 2022

https://twitter.com/SiobhanBenita/status/1498580727516041219?s=20&t=KLO2hzx92oZbyeHhNbsLng

https://twitter.com/BBCLauraKT/status/1498589168871555073?s=20&t=KLO2hzx92oZbyeHhNbsLng

https://twitter.com/AnneLaird31/status/1498580120235298818?s=20&t=KLO2hzx92oZbyeHhNbsLng

Over on Sky Mark Austin was asking something similar, and Raab was just as enlightening as you’d imagine.

Jarring interview of Dominic Raab by Mark Austin while sirens blare in Kyiv.

Austin: “The siren’s just going off here. How does the 75 year old woman living in a basement, get to her son who’s living in London?”

Raab: “I can’t comment on every potential hypothetical case…” pic.twitter.com/tHcrxPWAYO

— Dan Bloom (@danbloom1) March 1, 2022

Source Twitter @Haggis_UK