Signs Tory rebels are baulking at crashing flagship legislation

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : 'I will never elevate contested notions of international law over the interests of my constituents, over vital national interests like national security, like border security.
49% : But the summary said moves to block every court challenge 'would mean that there would be no respectable argument that the Bill is compatible with international law'.
45% : 'They should think very carefully about what the consequences might be if they vote this down.'But government sources now insist the vote will go ahead after Tory moderates threw the PM a lifeline by backing him, despite 'real concerns' the plan could undermine Britain's commitment to international law.
44% : It added: 'It would also go against Rwanda's own explicit wishes that our partnership remains compliant with international law, and likely collapse the scheme.'
41% : It is said to be unhappy at the law giving ministers unilateral plans to brand Rwanda as 'safe' and over-rule human rights laws and may yet refuse to back the new law in Parliament.
41% : No10 has been playing down the prospect of amending the Bill at a later stage, arguing that the text goes as far as possible without breaching international law.
40% : With the clock ticking down to the 7pm votes, some of the most vocal critics have been suggesting they are likely to abstain rather than outright oppose the law.
40% : The 'five families' trying to make Rishi an offer he cannot refuseThe New ConservativesA right-wing traditionalist group led by evangelical Christians Miriam Cates and Danny Kruger.
40% : He told LBC Radio that fellow Eurosceptics were 'playing with Brexit fire', referring to fears the rebels could reopen wounds from fighting over the UK's departure from the EU that the Tories thought had been healed years ago.
34% : 'Ministers have a number of roles, the negotiations continue and he will return to Cop.'Touring broadcast studios this morning illegal migration minister Michael Tomlinson - who replaced Robert Jenrick after he resigned in protest at the legislation - insisted he is 'very much in listening mode'.
26% : The document warns that blocking the ability of migrants to bring legal action would be 'a breach of international law and alien to the UK's constitutional tradition of liberty and justice'.

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