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aide resigned to support a more hardline proposal. lee anderson and brendan clarke smith said they wanted to strengthen the legislation proposed by the government to send some asylum seekers to rwanda. theyjoined a group of rebel mps in voting for amendments in the commons 60 tories backed the first of these, making it the biggest rebellion mr sunak has suffered since becoming prime minister. our political editor, chris mason, is in westminster for us now. how much trouble is rishi sunak s policy in? the depth and breadth of conservative armies at rishi sunak s plan was there for all to see. for nearly two years the government under three prime ministers has tried to get this idea of sending some asylum seekers to rwanda off the ground and they have failed. stymied in the courts and they are trying again. but there is a significant chunk of conservative mps who think this third attempt will be a dud, too. ministers hope that doesn t necessarily mean come tomorrow they ....
hello. these two resignations just announced in the last moment or two, in fact, i havejust been announced in the last moment or two, in fact, i have just been sent the letter of resignation sent by lea anderson and also brendan clarke smith, both deputy chairman of the conservative party, and i must admit, i have not yet read it. and the argument they are making and have been making for the last 2a hours or so is that they think it is right to back some proposed changes to the government s plan as far as rwanda and asylum seekers are concerned. this idea of sending some asylum seekers to east africa. a concern from them and some of their conservative colleagues that the government s latest attempt to make this policy work isn t strong enough, therefore in their view is likely to fail. here is an idea. i will read the resignation letter that they have sent while i bring you the story of the afternoon. this is kigali, the capital of rwanda in east africa. i was there bef ....
translation: e responded accordingly. we only targeted iranian terrorists on the soil of pakistan. before this, i talked to my colleague, the honourable foreign minister of pakistan, and i assured him that we do respect the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of pakistan. also, those of iraq. but we don t allow our national security to be compromised and to be played with and we have no reservation, no hesitations when it comes to our national interest. and those, the terrorist groups inside pakistan and those that are affiliated to the israeli regime in the kurdistan region of iraq. what we did was actually in line with the security of pakistan, iraq and the whole region. we believe that the security of iraq and pakistan are the security of the islamic republic of iran. some breaking news now from kensington palace. this has been issued in the last minute. her royal highness the princess of wales, was admitted to the london clinic yesterday for planned abdominal ....
asylum seekers to the east african country, arguing it will deter people from crossing the channel in small boats. but he suffered the biggest rebellion of his premiership in parliament last night, and two deputy chairs of the conservative party resigned, saying the bill wasn t tough enough. debate is just getting debate isjust getting under way in the house of commons right now about the house of commons right now about the final stages of the legislation. we will get much more on that from our chief political correspondent henry zeffman in a moment. but first, here s damian grammaticas. yesterday saw the biggest rebellion of his prime ministership. today, more tory divisions could be on show. all in a policy rishi sunak has put at the heart of his agenda. a tempting target for an opposition leader. it a tempting target for an opposition leader. , . . . , , leader. it is a farce. only this government leader. it is a farce. only this government could leader. it is a ....
his public engagements will be postponed immediately, and will resume after a period of recuperation. let s go live now to sean coughlan, our royal correspondent, who is outside the london clinic. what more do we know? as you said, we know there what more do we know? as you said, we know there was what more do we know? as you said, we know there was abdominal- what more do we know? as you said, | we know there was abdominal surgery yesterday and it was a success. medical matters tend to be private where the royal family are concerned, but we know it wasn t cancer related. we know it was significant enough for her to be keptin significant enough for her to be kept in for two weeks. after that, we understand recuperation could take several months and we don t expect to see the princess of wales working again until at least after easter. we also expect it to affect the work plans of her husband prince william, who will have a bigger role looking after their children. and we ....