Minister refuses to confirm PM has confidence in Suella Braverman, points to ongoing ‘internal process’
A minister repeatedly refused to confirm this morning that the prime minister has confidence in the home secretary. It comes after Downing Street yesterday insisted that the PM has “full confidence” in Suella Braverman. Asked this morning to confirm if this was still the line, Robert Halfon said that Downing Street is “looking internally” into […]
Former home secretary Priti Patel says it is vital to respect ‘operational independence’ of the police
Dame Priti Patel told the Covid inquiry yesterday that it is vital to respect the “operational independence” of the police. Patel, who served as home secretary from 2019 to 2022, said that throughout the pandemic she felt the need to remind her cabinet colleagues “of the role of policing”. She said that “as politicians” it […]
The game Suella Braverman is playing
It seems not even the regal opulence of a King’s Speech — the first delivered by a male monarch for more than 70 years — can stem the PM’s political travails. The “Speech from the Throne” was supposed to combat the perception that the Conservatives are tired and tailspinning into opposition. The event, subject as […]
Suella Braverman: Pro-Palestine ‘hate marches’ are ‘disturbingly reminiscent of Ulster’
The comments come after Rishi Sunak conceded that the march will go ahead – but he added the decision is under “constant review”.
Barclay latest cabinet minister to distance himself from Braverman’s homelessness comments
Steve Barclay has become the latest senior Conservative to distance himself from the home secretary’s claim that rough sleeping is sometimes a “lifestyle choice”. Suella Braverman claimed that rough sleeping in a tent is a “lifestyle choice” in a tweet over the weekend. The comments came as she appeared to confirm reports that plans were […]
Former Conservative Party chair criticises ‘rot at the heart of the party’
A Conservative peer has said her party has a “problem” with handling allegations of bullying and sexual misconduct. Baroness Warsi, who served as co-chair of the Conservative Party from 2010 to 2012, said there was “rot at the heart” of the party and that it had failed to respond to and support victims. She told […]
‘This is no Enoch Powell situation’: Braverman defended over speech predicting ‘hurricane’ of migration
Home secretary Suella Braverman’s rhetoric in her speech yesterday was “certainly no Enoch Powell situation”, cabinet minister Grant Shapps has insisted this morning. The defence secretary was asked to give his view on Braverman’s comments that the UK faces a “hurricane” of mass migration. Grant Shapps told Times Radio: “She makes the absolutely correct point […]
Tim Farron: ‘Suella Braverman’s shallow self-promotion is making Britain look ridiculous’
As Suella Braverman stands to address her party faithful in Manchester this week, she has serious questions to answer about the failures of the department she oversees. And yet last week, instead of working to fix the mess that is the UK asylum system, she jetted off to the US to peddle an isolationist and […]
‘Suella Braverman’s speech shows she is clueless about the reality of LGBTQ+ refugees’
It starts with a school bully. Or a match on an underground dating app who seems nice, until when you meet, he robs you and beats you and blackmails you for being gay. Or maybe it’s a rumour in your village that ends with someone setting your house on fire. However badly you’re treated, you […]
Week-in-Review: Sunak can’t stop Braverman honing her pitch to be Conservative leader
All it took was a thirty-minute speech. In the crucial days leading up to Conservative conference, Suella Braverman seized control of the news agenda this week in the only way Britain’s sabre-rattling, controversialist-in-chief knows how. Here’s a not very short summary: on Monday evening, Braverman’s comments for a forthcoming speech on migration to the American […]
