Gordon Brown: Suella Braverman is ‘completely wrong’ on illegal migration
The home secretary’s policies on illegal migration are “completely wrong”, former prime minister Gordon Brown has claimed. The former Labour PM criticised Suella Braverman’s remarks made in Washington DC after she said the uncontrolled movement of people posed an “existential challenge” to the West. In her trip to the United States, Braverman questioned whether the […]
Suella Braverman: ‘Fearing discrimination for being gay or a woman is not enough to gain asylum’
The home secretary Suella Braverman has today questioned whether the United Nations Refugee Convention, created in 1951 and which forms the basis of the global asylum system, is still “fit for our modern age” as part of a visit to the US. The comments came in a speech to the American Enterprise Institute, a centre-right […]
Suella Braverman’s reckless and damaging threats to the UN Refugee Convention must be ignored
It is bad enough that the UK government has driven a coach and horses through the Refugee Convention by banning asylum seekers. Now our home secretary has crossed the Atlantic to implore the United States and other like-minded countries to tear the treaty up and start again. This is not just a surprising position for […]
Braverman accused of ‘grandstanding abroad’ as small boats crossings increase at home
The home secretary Suella Braverman will today give a speech to a centre-right think in the United States in which she will call for reform of the United Nations Refugee Convention. In a speech to the American Enterprise Institute, she will question whether the Convention is “fit for our modern age” and suggest that the […]
Small boats bill: Braverman bows to pressure on key amendments to ensure ‘swift’ passage
The government has agreed to alter its illegal migration bill to limit detentions for unaccompanied children in a key concession ahead of the flagship legislation’s return to the commons today. The Home Office has said it has introduced “safeguards” following “scrutiny” in the House of Lords. It comes after peers inflicted 20 defeats against the […]
Minister accuses peers of ‘sabotage’ after government defeats on small boats bill
A government minister has accused Labour and Liberal Democrat members of the House of Lords of voting “sabotage” key elements of the government’s flagship small boats legislation. Neil O’Brien, a health minister, told Sky News, “We’ve got to restore our ability to deport people who shouldn’t be here”, after the government suffered a series of […]
Rishi Sunak has Suella Braverman right where he wants her
The Home Office under Rishi Sunak is a curious department. Nominally, it is led by Suella Braverman, who appeared to have the brief surrendered to her during the October 2022 Conservative leadership contest. While we are ignorant of the terms of such a “deal” between Sunak and his soon-to-be home secretary — and it has not […]
Gripping migration would be a ‘top priority’ in first 100 days of a Labour government, says shadow minister
The home office is set to release long-awaited data on immigration which will detail the number of people who settled in the UK last year. It is widely expected that net migration will soar to at least 700,000, with some forecasters saying they could near one million in the year ending December 2022. Both estimates greatly […]
Eight times the Conservative party battled ‘The Blob’
“The Blob”, that perennial spectre of Conservative party governance, takes its name from a 1950s B-Movie about an unstoppable amoeba-like mass which devours everything in its path. “There is no stopping The Blob as it spreads from town to town”, the trailer for the forgotten flick explains. Leading man Steve McQueen — in his first […]
Braverman vs. the ‘Blob’ is a saga fraught with political pitfalls — for Rishi Sunak
After a brief sabbatical from scandals following the exit of Dominic Raab, Rishi Sunak’s government faces another round of probity questions courtesy of his home secretary’s conduct over a speeding fine. Suella Braverman is accused of trying to swerve public ignominy by asking impartial civil servants to help arrange a private speed awareness course, with […]
