Labour on Rwanda rebellion: 'More internal Tory psychodrama'
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Labour on Rwanda rebellion: 'More internal Tory psychodrama'
Shadow Culture Secretary Thangam Debbonaire brands last night's resignations in the Conservative Party over the Rwanda bill as "more internal Tory psychodrama" before adding that people in the country are more worried about "how to get to the end of the month" and the bill itself is "unworkable" and a waste of taxpayers' money.
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