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With Suella Braverman’s remarks about protests taking place on Remembrance Day and her widely condemned comments on homelessness in the UK, prime minister Rishi Sunak sacked his home secretary in a reshuffle to save the presumed fate of his government.The prime minister surprised all by bringing back former prime minister David Cameron as his new foreign secretary, following James Cleverly’s move to the Home Office. But do the changes show just how bare the Conversative party’s options are with ministerial talent?John Rentoul answers your questions about the past week in Westminster. 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 was told to ignore the law and “get the planes in the air” by the deputy chairman of the Conservative party as he faced a furious backlash from Tory MPs over […] More
Rwanda deal to deport asylum seekers ruled unlawful by Supreme Court More
Laughter rang out in the House of Commons as Rishi Sunak was asked to name David Cameron’s “finest foreign policy achievement” during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, 15 November.The former Conservative prime minister made a shock return to government on Monday after being appointed foreign secretary in a cabinet reshuffle.Lord Cameron stood down as prime minister and quit as an MP after losing the Brexit referendum, which he had called, in 2016.He will avoid regular grillings by MPs because of his position in the House of Lords. More
The SNP’s Westminster leader has called on Rishi Sunak to allow a free vote on a ceasefire in Gaza.Stephen Flynn warned that if a ceasefire is not agreed immediately, MPs will only be “watching on” as Gaza is “turned into a graveyard”.“How much worse does it need to get? 4,609 children are already dead,” Mr Flynn said.“For members across the House, this is a question of values and it is a question of conscience. Does the prime minister not agree that should there be a vote on an immediate ceasefire, that members across the House should be afforded a free vote?” More
Sir Keir Starmer accused Rishi Sunak of “fanboying” over Elon Musk in a heated exchange during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, 15 November.The prime minister and Labour leader traded blows after Mr Sunak sacked Suella Braverman as home secretary and appointed Lord David Cameron as foreign secretary.Sir Keir was referencing Mr Sunak’s talk with the controversial X/Twitter owner about artificial intelligence (AI) in front of an audience of business chiefs at the beginning of November.Mr Sunak described Mr Musk as a “brilliant innovator and technologist”. More
Sir Keir Starmer responded to David Cameron’s return to cabinet by suggesting Rishi Sunak has “peeled him away from seven years of exile in a shepherd’s hut.”The two leaders clashed in a fiery session of Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday 15 November, which took place days after Mr Sunak’s reshuffle and hours after the Supreme Court ruled the government’s flagship policy of removing asylum seekers to Rwanda unlawful.“Mr Speaker, the prime minister obviously thinks so little of his own MPs, that he’s had to peel David Cameron away from his seven-year exile in a shepherd’s hut, and make him foreign secretary,” Sir Keir said in a scathing attack on Mr Sunak’s decision. More
