The Rwanda Bill won’t save the Tories

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The Rwanda Bill won’t save the Tories

Rishi Sunak has, at long last, got his flagship Rwanda Bill through parliament after the House of Lords dropped its final objections. The bill is now set to receive Royal Assent as early as today (23 April) and Sunak has vowed that the first flights of asylum seekers to the country will take off in July. In the five months since the UK Supreme Court ruled that the plan was illegal, the bill has become emblematic of Sunak’s premiership. It is see…