Trump inauguration puts spotlight on Westminster’s MAGA cabal
Later today, Donald Trump will return to the White House for a second historic term after he is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. The official swearing-in service will take place indoors, on account of the bitter Washington DC weather, at around 5pm GMT. Trump’s second inaugural address will follow, before […]
What next for Suella Braverman after her failed leadership bid?
It is potentially instructive that Suella Braverman still refuses to attack Nigel Farage or Reform UK.
Why Suella Braverman’s Conservative leadership bid is imploding
Braverman’s response to her declining political fortunes has been to double down on her central leadership pitch as the incipient race’s most forthright rightwinger.
Suella Braverman blames ‘virtue signalling’ liberal Conservatives for election defeat
Suella Braverman has blamed “virtue signalling” “liberal Conservatives” for her party’s historic defeat at the general election.
Week-in-Review: The Conservative Party risks spiralling further into incoherence
The below content first appeared in Politics.co.uk’s Week-in-Review newsletter, sign-up for free here and never miss this article. One of Britain’s best, and most underrated, election rituals is the concession speech. Dotted throughout results night, the address sees a vanquished incumbent verbally pass the parliamentary baton on to an opponent, all while extolling the virtues of […]
‘Unite the right’: Suella Braverman urges Conservatives to ‘work together’ with Farage
Suella Braverman has said her party must embrace Nigel Farage to “unite the right”. The former home secretary told The Times there was “not much difference” between Reform’s policies and those of the Conservative Party, as she suggested the Tories could enter into a pact with Farage “in the future”. It comes as the prime […]
Rishi Sunak is being ‘inauthentic’ on ECHR threat, claims Suella Braverman
Suella Braverman has said that the prime minister’s “noises” about withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) are likely to be seen by voters as being “inauthentic”. It came as the former home secretary urged Rishi Sunak to take the UK out of the ECHR and fight the coming general election on the […]
Suella Braverman says Rwanda law ‘will fail’ as she urges government to ‘change course’
Suella Braverman has said this morning that the government’s Rwanda bill, announced by home secretary James Cleverly yesterday, will “fail”. In an interview with BBC Radio 4 she said that while “there are elements that should be welcomed in this new bill”, taken as a whole it “will not stop the boats”. “That’s my opinion having […]
Suella Braverman labels migration package ‘too late’, urges government to ‘go further’
The government has introduced measures it says will deliver the biggest ever cut in net migration after the release of figures last week showed levels had reached a record high. Home secretary James Cleverly announced the “five-point plan” in a statement to the House of Commons yesterday in a bid to curb immigration, which he […]
Is Robert Jenrick the new Suella Braverman?
Has Robert Jenrick gone rogue? Well, that was the charge of shadow immigration minister Stephen Kinnock, who rose to interrogate his opposite number at Home Office questions on Monday, the first since Suella Braverman’s unceremonious sacking as the department chief. Aiming down the barrel of the despatch box, Kinnock said of Jenrick, the number two at the […]
