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

Once more unto the breach: how Rwanda bill unleashed ‘Brexit battles all over again’

MP's gather in the House of Commons ahead of the vote on Tuesday.
MP's gather in the House of Commons ahead of the vote on Tuesday. Photograph: UK Parliament/AP

Late on Tuesday afternoon, a couple of dozen Conservative rightwingers hustled into the Wilson Room in Portcullis House, parliament’s modern extension.

There were two goals for the meeting. Ostensibly, it was to agree how they would vote in Tuesday night’s crunch vote on the Rwanda bill – a moment they knew could define Rishi Sunak’s premiership.

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