United Kingdom: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak challenged by many Conservative MPs
In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is facing the most serious crisis of confidence from his MPs since the beginning of his mandate. Rishi Sunak is trying to convince his troops that his law to make Rwanda a safe country, and thus relocate the asylum system, will reduce immigration, which is a promise of the government. A vote of no confidence is no longer ruled out in the event of defeat.
In the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (pictured) is facing the most serious crisis of confidence from his MPs since the beginning of his mandate. © Peter Nicholls/AP
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With our correspondent in the UK, Émeline Vin
Today, the British Conservative Party (the Tories) is made up of at least four different factions, and they seem irreconcilable. In the center, there are the moderates, the One Nation deputies. There are more than a hundred of them, including two ministers, and for them, it is out of the question to breach the UK's international commitments in terms of human rights. They think the law is too radical.
Not far enough away
At the other end of the spectrum, on the far right, the New Conservatives, as the name suggests, is the newest faction, but also the most vocal. They are in favour of a departure from international conventions. Among their ranks is the former Home Secretary, Suella Braverman. For this group, the government is not going far enough in its migration deterrent.
Government majority at stake
The new Conservatives could be rallied by the dozen or so "hard-Brexiters" in the European Research Group – who brought down Theresa May in 2019 – who are seeking to regain influence. But also by the supporters of former Prime Minister Liz Truss. They are distinguished above all by their economic libertarianism. But their number (about sixty) could cost the government its majority.
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