Robert Jenrick's decision to resign as immigration minister over the alleged shortcomings of the government's new safety of Rwanda bill is the latest evidence that Rishi Sunak is in a no-win situation on the issue he has chosen to put front and centre of his bid to remain in office.
No government can tolerate indefinitely a senior member of cabinet appearing to freelance on serious issues, and nobody was under any illusion that there was much goodwill or common ground between the prime minister and then-home secretary.
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