Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman could split the Conservative government and trigger a general election with a call to toughen up Rishi Sunak’s Bill to make it possible to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda, it has been claimed.

Braverman wants MPs to support rebel amendments by Robert Jenrick, the former Immigration Minister who resigned over the Bill, aimed at stopping judges on the European Court of Human Rights from frustrating ministers’ implementation of the Rwanda. Braverman’s support may persuade like-minded right-wingers to vote for it.

She put forward her views in an interview on GB News. I haven’t been able to make the clip play but I present it below in the hope that one day it will:

But former Justice Secretary Sir Robert Buckland, from the centrist One Nation group of MPs, has backed three amendments which would tone down some parts of the bill by deleting clauses declaring Rwanda “a safe country”, disapplying the Human Rights Act, and forcing courts to disregard interim rulings by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

The opposing amendments may split the Tory vote in Parliament, which is being touted as a vote of confidence in Rishi Sunak as prime minister. This suggests that, if the Bill falls, he could be ousted and a general election called. But that seems only a remote possibility, as HuffPost political editor Kevin Schofield explained – also on GB News:

This Writer has already bought popcorn – for a completely separate issue that could also sink the Tories (decide for yourself which one) – so I’m ready to be entertained by whatever happens. You have to get your fun where you can in the Tory Britain of 2024.

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