{"id":133889,"date":"2023-11-16T00:38:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T00:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=133889"},"modified":"2023-11-16T00:38:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T00:38:10","slug":"rwanda-not-so-much-a-defeat-as-an-utter-thumping-rishi-sunak-must-now-reveal-his-plan-b-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/rwanda-not-so-much-a-defeat-as-an-utter-thumping-rishi-sunak-must-now-reveal-his-plan-b-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda not so much a defeat as an utter thumping – Rishi Sunak must now reveal his Plan B | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
IT wasn\u2019t so much a defeat but an absolute thumping.<\/p>\n
Not since Boris Johnson\u2019s attempt to suspend Parliament in 2019 have ministers' plans been so brutally shredded in the courts.<\/p>\n
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Suella Braverman revealed in her bombshell departure letter yesterday that she had been warning of this scenario for months, but No10 insisted they have a \u201cPlan B\u201d.<\/p>\n
If that is truly the case they better get cracking on it asap because the mood in the Tory party ranges from despair on the left to vitriol on the right.<\/p>\n
Rishi Sunak will address the nation later this afternoon, as his critics on the Tory right warn \u201cthis feels existential for our party\u201d.<\/p>\n
A former Cabinet Minister said a confidence vote in Sunak's leadership is now \u201cvery plausible\u201d<\/p>\n
Hardliners warn that without some serious nuclear options\u00a0 – or what Suella described as \u201cupsetting polite thought\u201d – like reforming the Human Rights Act, the Government is fairly snookered.<\/p>\n Calls for emergency legislation to block the long arm of the Strasbourg Human Rights Court are already coming in thick and fast.<\/p>\n New Home Secretary James Cleverly – who has inherited the intray from hell – is doubling down today, saying \u201cclearly there is an appetite\u201d for the concept of offshore processing of migrants.<\/p>\n And the PM is also putting on a brave face, saying: \u201cCrucially, the Supreme Court has confirmed that the principle of sending illegal migrants to a safe third country for processing is lawful.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n But the problem lies in where are they going to do it?<\/p>\n Rwanda is out now, but it was the only country ministers had convinced with a large cheque to go along with the plan.<\/p>\n If the PM doesn\u2019t have a backup country, its hard to see how his \u201cPlan B\u201d going to cut it.<\/p>\n<\/picture>WON\u2019T FLY <\/span><\/p>\n
PM fights back after Rwanda plan ruled unlawful & vows to do 'whatever it takes'<\/h3>\n
<\/picture>SU COMES OUT SWINGING <\/span><\/p>\n
Suella accuses PM of 'betraying nation' in dossier after being sacked<\/h3>\n
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<\/picture>WON\u2019T FLY <\/span><\/p>\n
PM fights back after Rwanda plan ruled unlawful & vows to do ‘whatever it takes’<\/h3>\n
<\/picture>SU COMES OUT SWINGING <\/span><\/p>\n
Suella accuses PM of ‘betraying nation’ in dossier after being sacked<\/h3>\n
<\/picture>PLANE SPEAKING <\/span><\/p>\n
Rishi has Plan B if Rwanda is sunk by Supreme Court today, No10 insists<\/h3>\n
<\/picture>WARNING SHOT <\/span><\/p>\n
Tory right put PM on notice in letter warning of losing ‘coalition of voters’<\/h3>\n