Caller Tells Tom Watson To "Let The Children Drown" In English Channel

30 December 2018, 12:52 | Updated: 2 January 2019, 07:11

Labour's Deputy Leader Tom Watson has this reaction to a caller who said he'd let children drown in the English Channel.

Tom Watson told a caller that his views leaves him "worried for the future of humanity" after he said children migrants attempting to reach the UK should drown.

Andy told the Labour MP that a "large portion of the country is in poverty" and that there should be "no more".

But when Tom asked about the English Channel, his response was shocking.

"You've got a boat load of kids sinking in the English Channel, what would you do with them?" Tom asked.

Andy responded: "I'd let them sink."

"So you would let children drown in the English Channel?"

"Yep."

"How many?"

"As many as it takes to stop them," Andy replied.

But after a passionate exchange, Tom said: "You leave me worried for the future of humanity with views like that."

Watch the exchange unfold in the video above.