Robert Jenrick’s decision to resign as immigration minister over the alleged shortcomings of the government’s new safety of Rwanda bill is the latest evidence that Rishi Sunak is in a no-win situation on the issue he has chosen to put front and centre of his bid to remain in office.
Had he gone as far as allowing his ministers to ignore the European convention on human rights, the refugee convention and other international treaties – as Suella Braverman and others had called for – there were reportedly up to 10 ministers on the left of the party prepared to resign.
