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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

Former deputy PM condemns ‘dictatorial’ Braverman Rwanda plan

Damian Green invoked Xi Jinping and Putin in his criticism of Braverman’s idea.
Damian Green invoked Xi Jinping and Putin in his criticism of Braverman’s idea. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA Media

A former deputy prime minister and Conservative MP has attacked Suella Braverman’s latest plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda as “unconservative” and “dictatorial”, as the former home secretary continues to divide her party with her outspoken interventions.

Damian Green, who also served as an immigration minister, said on Friday that Braverman’s proposal to pass a law to get around the legal obstacles to the Rwanda plan identified earlier this week by the supreme court would be “the most unconservative proposal I’ve ever heard”.

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