Posted 12/7/2023, 6:47:01 PM
Conservatives Face Internal Crisis as Rwanda Deportation Scheme Spirals into New Brexit
- The Conservative party is facing another crisis over a fringe policy (the Rwanda deportation scheme) becoming mainstream, similar to Brexit
- Weak leadership and desperate politics have put the Conservatives in a poor negotiating position with Rwanda
- Courts are blocking the Rwanda scheme as unlawful, so the Conservatives want to override them through legislation
- Hardline Conservatives believe parliamentary sovereignty must be upheld over international law to implement the scheme
- Just as with Brexit, the Conservative fringe is pushing the mainstream to more extreme positions that most voters don't support