{"id":135014,"date":"2023-12-07T22:38:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T22:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=135014"},"modified":"2023-12-07T22:38:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T22:38:54","slug":"rishi-sunak-tells-the-british-public-i-get-it-now-back-me-to-finish-the-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/rishi-sunak-tells-the-british-public-i-get-it-now-back-me-to-finish-the-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishi Sunak tells the British public: I get it! Now back me to finish the job"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Prime Minister is facing potential rebellions from both wings of the Conservatives, as centrists fear his new law has gone too far while the Right believes he has not been tough enough.<\/p>\n

But Mr Sunak insisted his Bill would block \u201cevery single reason that has ever been used\u201d to prevent flights to the East African nation.<\/p>\n

He declared yesterday: \u201cWe\u2019ve got to finish the job and I\u2019m going to see this thing through. I\u2019m confident I can get this thing done.\u201d<\/p>\n

The PM added: \u201cWe need to end the merry-go-round. So I\u2019m also announcing today that we will take the extraordinary step of introducing emergency legislation. This will enable Parliament to confirm that with our new treaty, Rwanda is safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mr Sunak held the last-minute press conference yesterday to reassert his authority.<\/p>\n

Robert Jenrick had sent shockwaves through Westminster by quitting as immigration minister as the PM published plans to make Rwanda deportations viable after they were blocked by the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

Mr Jenrick claimed the legislation will fail as it does not go far enough \u2013 a concern backed up by a number of Tory MPs on the Right.<\/p>\n

But the Premier insisted that the difference between his position and that of party colleagues who want to set aside international agreements, such as the Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights, was minimal.<\/p>\n

He said in No9 Downing Street: \u201cFor the people who say, \u2018You should do something different\u2019, the difference between them and me is an inch, given everything that we have closed. We\u2019re talking about an inch.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat inch, by the way, is the difference between the Rwandans participating in this scheme and not.\u201d Mr Sunak also faces concerns from centrist Tory MPs in the One Nation group who are \u201cvery nervous\u201d about the Bill.<\/p>\n

The Commons has its first chance to debate and vote on the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill next Tuesday. The law would compel judges to treat Rwanda as a safe country, following the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling that the scheme was unlawful over risks to refugees, and gives ministers the power to disregard sections of the Human Rights Act.<\/p>\n

But it does not go as far as allowing them to dismiss the ECHR.<\/p>\n