
When the government in Dublin admitted this week that migrants are moving to Ireland from Britain because they are fearful of being sent to Rwanda, Rishi Sunak must have been delighted at such an electoral gift.
That’s because there couldn’t have been plainer — or more independent — evidence that his hotly contested scheme to send migrants arriving here illegally to the African country might finally be making the prospect of starting a new life here far less appealing, at least to some.