The Rwanda treaty has established two new norms in politics. First, the Supreme Court acts as a revising chamber with the power to change government legislation. Secondly, Labour is terrified of Rwanda.
At PMQs, Sir Keir thought he was on a winning ticket and all he had to do was mock the relocation scheme and score an easy victory. He began with a joke: three Tory home secretaries have been sent to Rwanda but not one refugee.
Rishi ignored that and updated the house on Labour’s policy which is to ‘scrap the scheme if and when it is operational,’ he said. He concluded that Sir Keir ‘finds himself on the side of the people smugglers.’
Labour doesn’t realise how bad this will sound on the doorstep. Their leader supports foreign gangs whose illegal trade is making the housing market unaffordable.
He seems to imagine that elections are won on quibbles about loopholes and inconsistencies
Sir Keir did his genius-lawyer bit and gave the chamber a master-class in sifting through the small print of a brief.
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