seekers to the east african country has proven controversial and a revolt ofjust 29 of the prime minister s mps would be enough to defeat the bill, as our political correspondent iain watson reports. is rishi sunak in danger of losing control of his policy to stop the boats? there s a crucial vote in parliament today on his new plan to send some asylum seekers to rwanda. but mps on the right of his party are worried that this won t stop the courts from getting clogged up with legal challenges. and some have called for his legislation to be scrapped altogether. i don t think that the bill is easily amendable. and really i think that the government needs to review it and maybe consider a completely new piece of legislation because this leaves so many gaps in the legislation. so this morning, the prime minister is trying to butter up some of his critics over breakfast in downing street. it s maybe not what you normally talk about over coffee, but he ll try to convince them that
an easy way through this, because his party is so fragmented, and both wings are so entrenched. it feels very tribal in westminster today. i know you were there too. although he has won the vote tonight, i do think the events of the day have been a real dent to his authority. we have seen open infighting, displays of party disunity laid bare, and also, some mps, particularly on the right of the party, accuse the government of the party, accuse the government of dark art tactics, of the whips office, accusing them of threatening mps that there would be consequences if they defied the three line weapon voted against the legislation. i m told by people close to the whips office that there was no suggestion or threat made that mps would lose the party whip. but clearly, there is a lot of turmoil that has been laid bare to the public today, and it is not a good look for the party. when you think of the fractious nature potentially of the last few days, compared to infighting in
islamicjihad, the other big group, the faction that operates in the gaza strip, an ally of hamas. that is causing huge problems for people in the south, many are displaced already from the north in the early stages of this war. they were told to head to the gaza strip by the israeli military further in safety and there are many people who have been given these more precise evacuation orders to leave the centre of can units but they say with the fighting going on all around, that is not really something thatis around, that is not really something that is practical. figs around, that is not really something that is practical. that is practical. as the fighting continues. that is practical. as the fighting continues, the that is practical. as the fighting continues, the death that is practical. as the fighting continues, the death toll- that is practical. as the fighting - continues, the death toll continues to rise of course in gaza. the state department in the united s