{"id":27338,"date":"2023-12-12T20:59:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T20:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertraining.net\/?p=27338"},"modified":"2023-12-12T20:59:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T20:59:43","slug":"sunaks-narrow-win-raises-doubts-on-rwanda-deportation-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertraining.net\/politics\/sunaks-narrow-win-raises-doubts-on-rwanda-deportation-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunaks narrow win raises doubts on Rwanda deportation plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Prime Minister\u2019s fate is now inextricably linked with the success or failure of the Rwanda deportation plan.<\/p>\n

Centrists in the One Nation caucasus are unhappy about how hard the bill is, while five groups on the right believe it does not go far enough.<\/p>\n

Both sides are so far apart on this issue and many others that some MPs seem more intent on destroying their Tory colleagues than their Labour opponents.<\/p>\n

A small number of \u201cultras\u201d on the right look back to the Brexit battlefields for inspiration on how they should approach the Rwanda row.<\/p>\n

They believe that Britain\u2019s departure from the EU without still being hitched to the bloc through a customs union or the single market was only achieved by being utterly hardline and refusing to compromise.<\/p>\n

That one of their own prime ministers was brought down as a result was mere collateral damage. Some of them are prepared for a repeat of the scenario.<\/p>\n

Westminster watchers once again have started to question if the Conservative party has become ungovernable.<\/p>\n

Mr Sunak\u2019s decision to address some factions directly enhanced their power and also emboldened members to be rebellious.<\/p>\n

It is much more difficult to tell a prime minister you are going to defy them if you are the only MP in the room.<\/p>\n

Grumblings about the whipping operation persist, with some MPs claiming clumsy attempts at persuasion have had the opposite effect.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister secured enough votes to ensure the Rwanda Safety Bill makes it to the next stage.<\/p>\n

It was a critical vote that came close to being lost, but there is now potentially worse to come.<\/p>\n

MPs will try and make changes in the next stages, which will bring fresh battles.<\/p>\n

Once it hits the House of Lords, where the government does not have a majority, it faces a battering.<\/p>\n

Mr Sunak must find a few bruisers who are able to engage in the rough and tumble needed to push the bill through if it has any chance of passing.<\/p>\n