'Get on board': UK PM Sunak appeals to Lords to deliver his Rwanda asylum law
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called on the upper house of parliament to "get on board" and pass his plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, a day after surviving a threatened rebellion over the much-criticised legislation by some in his party. At a press conference when Sunak tried to convince the public his Conservatives were "united" around his plans to tackle illegal immigration, he appealed to the House of Lords to help him start the flights before this year's election. It was a clear acknowledgement that Sunak is concerned the unelected upper house could thwart his attempts to launch his Rwanda plan by trying to introduce changes or even drag out a process he needs to be completed quickly to fulfil his pledge that the flights will st
