Posted on 01/16/2024 11:33:08 AM PST by RandFan
Rishi Sunak faces a fight with his right-wing MPs in a Commons showdown over his flagship Rwanda plan starting on Tuesday afternoon.
Conservative deputy chairmen Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith have joined more than 60 Tory MPs in backing controversial amendments being debated on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The bill seeks to revive the Prime Minister's plan to deport some asylum seekers to the east African nation - proposals ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court last year.
But a growing number of rebels have argued the bill does not go far enough and they want changes that will prevent legal challenges.
However MPs from the party's centre ground One Nation group are concerned that any hardening would risk breaking international law.
Tory MPs on the right are expected to meet at 5pm as they continue “urgent negotiations" on changes before a vote likely at around 7.30pm this evening.
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invading a foreign country doesn’t break international law but deporting the invaders does. Got it.
What about the Left Wing PMs?
The One Nation group are idiots!
One Nation - limp wristed cucks
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