Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Suella Braverman has been accused of “fanning the flames of hate” towards Muslims after her attacks on pro-Palestine rallies prompted a furious outcry over concerns she is fuelling “hatred and division”. The All-Party […] More
Suella Braverman was confronted by a shout of “Did you forget your resignation letter?” as she left her home in Hertfordshire on Friday (10 November) amid calls for her to be sacked for her comments accusing police of bias.The Home Secretary wrote an article, which was not signed off by Downing Street as significant changes were requested, ahead of a march calling for a Gaza ceasefire on Armistice Day.She accused officers of “playing favourites” with pro-Palestinian protesters, who she said are “largely ignored” by police “even when clearly breaking the law.”Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has distanced himself from Ms Braverman’s comments. More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Counter terror police are investigating a fake video of Sadiq Khan in which the London mayor appears to suggest Remembrance weekend commemorations be delayed while pro-Palestinian marches go ahead. The video, which has […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Calls for Rishi Sunak to sack Suella Braverman are getting louder amid an extraordinary row over the home secretary’s incendiary claim that the police are biased. Mr Sunak has been warned by George […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email NatWest has stripped its former boss Dame Alison Rose of £7.6 million in payouts after she was forced to resign over the Nigel Farage debanking row. The banking giant said she has not […] More
Jeremy Hunt distanced himself from Suella Braverman’s comments accusing police of bias over a pro-Palestine protest due to take place on Armistice Day.Rishi Sunak faces calls to sack the home secretary after she wrote an article accusing officers of playing favorites over the march.Downing Street says it is investigating after its demands for changes to the piece were ignored.“The words that she used are not words that I myself would have used,” the chancellor said on Friday.“I have a productive relationship with her as a colleague and I have always given her the money that she needs to fund police.” More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak has been warned by George Osborne that he risks looking weak unless he sacks Suella Braverman, after an extraordinary row erupted over the home secretary’s incendiary claim that the police are […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Northern Irish officials across the political divide have hit out at Suella Braverman for her apparent comparisons between the pro-Palestine demos and the Orange Order marches. The home secretary wrote an op-ed for […] More
