QUENTIN LETTS: Celebration for Rishi Sunak after Rwanda invoice is handed
Seconds after the outcome, Chief Whip Simon Hart winked at Rishi Sunak and he responded by hugging him.
As a beaming Rishi left the packed chamber he patted colleagues and thanked his new immigration minister, Michael Tomlinson, a quiet lad who had risen to the event.
Labour MPs have been unfazed. The Government’s wholesome majority seemed extra of a blow to Mark Francois, self-styled Tory insurgent chief, who had been placing himself round for days with no little strutting.
He and his confreres, together with Suella Braverman, stayed glued to their seats through the vote, abstaining. The outcome was a pikestaff within the gizzards for Corporal Francois. Military surgeons have been final night time working.
Amid all of the rococo oratory on this Rwanda debate, all of the stiff, pink rhubarb from attorneys, probably the most exceptional speech got here from an obscure Tory MP, Nick Fletcher (Don Valley).
As a beaming Rishi (pictured) left the packed chamber he patted colleagues and thanked his new immigration minister, Michael Tomlinson, a quiet lad who had risen to the event
The debate was opened by James Cleverly (left), Home Secretary. Things quickly grew to become fiendishly legalistic. Mr Cleverly seemed underequipped for such fight and wanted prompts from lawyer colleagues
Even Mr Fletcher’s associates wouldn’t name him Demosthenes. A voice like cardboard. His is just not probably the most nimble of political brains. He simply mentioned, to howling gyp from Labour MPs, what his electors thought.
‘Doncaster’s full.’
His opening phrases despatched the opposition into torrents of disgust. Mr Fletcher proceeded, in his flat drone, to explain what occurred in his constituency when asylum seekers arrived.
Neighbours noticed home values plummet. ‘We’re turning a part of our nation right into a ghetto,’ continued Mr Fletcher. ‘Shocking!’ roared Labour. Dogged Mr Fletcher plodded onwards, a bike owner pedalling by a mist of slurry. He was doing what he felt he had been despatched to Westminster to do, regardless that the elite mocked.
A memorable afternoon. Newark’s Robert Jenrick, newly out of presidency, made a fluent, notes-free speech which felt like a management pitch. He has misplaced weight. The home was rapt. Mr Jenrick has made himself one thing. Has he outmanoeuvred Suella? She averted the talk.
Sir Geoffrey Cox, whose trouser belt now sits a good distance above the Plimsoll line, opened the throttle on his Lagonda larynx and defined why he thought the Bill would do the trick. What a voice. When this Horace Rumpole of West Devon is in full circulate, greenhouse panes quiver and ice-cubes rattle in close by gins and french.
The debate was opened by James Cleverly, Home Secretary. Things quickly grew to become fiendishly legalistic. Mr Cleverly seemed underequipped for such fight and wanted prompts from lawyer colleagues. An early intervention got here from Sir Bill Cash (Con, Stone). It sounded – as far as one can ever comply with previous Bill’s contributions – that he was going to help the Government. That felt important.
The debate, by way of coverage disputes, occurred on the Tory facet: a contest between Righties akin to Danny Kruger (Devizes), who criticised the Supreme Court, and not-so Righties akin to Sir Robert Buckland (South Swindon), who worships the judiciary.
The debate, by way of coverage disputes, occurred on the Tory facet: a contest between Righties akin to Danny Kruger (Devizes), who criticised the Supreme Court, and not-so Righties akin to Sir Robert Buckland (South Swindon), who worships the judiciary
Where, requested Sir Robert with pomposity and a few anger, did the Bill depart ‘the precept of comity’? ‘Exactly!’ shouted Sir Chris Bryant (Lab, Rhondda), as if he understood what comity meant. On that he was a minimum of a step forward of Mr Cleverly.
The speech by Labour’s spokesman, Yvette Cooper, was puerile, over-long, devoid of coverage.
One of her worst performances but. Mr Cleverly put her off by repeatedly muttering, some 20 occasions, ‘what’s your coverage?’
Expostulating disgust was carried out higher by the SNP’s Pete Wishart who, in a reference to the movie Life of Brian, mentioned the Tories made ‘the People’s Front of Judea appear like a mannequin of unity’. Kevin Foster (Con, Torbay) thought it fairly one thing to ‘get a lecture on unity from the Scots Nats’.
Labour’s Stephen Kinnock mentioned that his late mom Glenys, who died solely final week, would have disliked the invoice. An emotive argument, however maybe excusable within the circumstances.
‘Speaking as a lawyer, I really feel queasy,’ mewed Maria Eagle (Lab, Garston & Halewoood). Sammy Wilson (DUP, E Antrim) mentioned he was heartily sick of such lectures.
Lawyer MPs ought to look to their political obligations and do what they’d promised on the final election.