Lords Gives Up Opposition, Passes Rwanda Bill mdi-fullscreen

Sunak’s bill designating Rwanda as a safe country was approved by the Lords at 12:09 a.m. after Lord Anderson withdrew the final remaining amendment. In the fifth round of ping pong Anderson, whose amendment would have made had another body judge Rwanda safe (not just Parliament), said “the time has come to accept the primacy of the elected house and withdraw from the fray“. James Cleverly has put out a celebratory video. Sunak, meanwhile, says the “focus is to now get flights off the ground, and I am clear that nothing will stand in our way of doing that and saving lives.” The government has booked charter flights for June. That’s the easy bit over – it’s open lawfare now…

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