Conservatives are ‘tearing themselves apart!’: Rishi Sunak warned as Lee Anderson resigns over Rwanda

Conservatives are ‘tearing themselves apart!’: Rishi Sunak warned as Lee Anderson resigns over Rwanda
Georgia Pearce

By Georgia Pearce


Published: 16/01/2024

- 19:16

Two top Conservative resignations have sparked further divide within the Tory Party, as Deputy Party Chairmans Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith stepped down tonight.

As MPs in the House of Commons began debating amendments to the controversial Rwanda Bill, Anderson and Clarke-Smith submitted their letters to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Matthew Stadlen told host GB News: "Lee Anderson said when the government lost its case in the Supreme Court over whether or not Rwanda was a safe country, that the flight should take off anyway.

"You might not call that far right, but it's quite extraordinary for the Deputy Chair of a of governing party to say this."

He continued: "This is a massive story. You cannot win elections if you are divided as a party. This is election year.

"We're just a few days into 2024 and they are tearing themselves apart."

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