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Rishi Sunak Scrambles to Tame Tory Revolt

November 15, 2023 at 12:53 pm ET By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he is not giving up on deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda and suggested he would be willing to change British laws to make it happen, as he tried to stave off a furious backlash on the right of his Conservative Party after the Supreme Court ruled his plan was illegal,” Bloomberg reports.

“Sunak is facing a moment of maximum political danger. The court’s decision to block the cornerstone of his pledge to ‘stop the boats’ — one of five he’s asked voters to judge him by ahead of a general election expected next year — plays directly into the febrile Tory mood since he fired Suella Braverman on Monday. The former home secretary, a darling among party populists, had raised the stakes ahead of the Rwanda ruling by unleashed a stream of invective against Sunak and warning he had no ‘credible Plan B’ if the government lost.”

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