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    David Cameron called Gaza a ‘prison camp’ and criticised Israel

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email New foreign secretary David Cameron has previously called Gaza “a prison camp” and has criticised Israel’s ”illegal” settlements in Palestinian territory. On a visit to Turkey in 2010 the former Conservative prime minister […] More

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    Danny Dyer’s David Cameron rant resurfaces after ex-PM becomes foreign secretary: ‘In Nice with his trotters up’

    Danny Dyer’s expletive-laden criticism of David Cameron, accusing him of having his “trotters up” in France after Brexit, has resurfaced following the announcement that the former prime minister was appointed as foreign secretary in Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet reshuffle on Monday, 13 November.The actor appeared Good Morning Britain in 2018, launching into a rant about Mr Cameron, who stepped down from frontline politics following the vote.“I haven’t got a clue what f****** Brexit is,” Dyer said.“What’s happened to that t*** David Cameron who called it on? He’s in Nice with his trotters up. He should be held accountable for it.” More

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    Voices: Independent readers have their say as Rishi Sunak sacks home secretary Suella Braverman

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Home secretary Suella Braverman has been sacked, sparking a major reshuffle of Rishi Sunak’s top team. After days of intense pressure to axe Ms Braverman, the prime minister asked her to leave the […] More

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    Rwanda ‘dream’ to ‘tofu-eating wokerati’: 13 of Suella Braverman’s biggest controversies

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Suella Braverman was no stranger to controversy in her time as home secretary, which came to an end after she was sacked in a Cabinet reshuffle on Monday. Opponents of Ms Braverman consistently […] More

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    James Cleverly enters Downing Street after Suella Braverman sacked as home secretary

    James Cleverly entered 10 Downing Street after Suella Braverman was sacked as home secretary on Monday, 13 November.Rishi Sunak asked Ms Braverman to step down after she wrote an article claiming that Metropolitan Police favouritism had stopped far-right protests but permitted “pro-Palestine mobs” to rally, ahead of the Gaza march which took place on Armistice Day in London.The foreign secretary was seen entering Number 10 as Mr Sunak conducted a Cabinet reshuffle of his top team after days of pressure to axe Ms Braverman. More

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    James Heappey discovers Suella Braverman sacked during live TV interview: ‘Challenging time to be live on air’

    Armed forces minister James Heappey said he does not “know what is going on” as he was told during a live interview that Suella Braverman had been sacked as home secretary on Monday, 13 November.Mr Heappey told Good Morning Britain he had not received any confirmation of Ms Braverman being removed from her position, adding that he “would not have used the words” that she used in her opinion piece last week.Ms Braverman wrote an article claiming that Metropolitan Police favouritism had stopped far-right protests but permitted “pro-Palestine mobs” to rally, ahead of the Gaza march which took place on Armistice Day in London. More

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    Cabinet reshuffle: David Cameron enters Number 10 after Sunak sacks Braverman

    David Cameron was filmed entering 10 Downing Street after Suella Braverman was sacked as home secretary on Monday, 13 November.Rishi Sunak asked Ms Braverman to step down after she wrote an article claiming that Metropolitan Police favouritism had stopped far-right protests but permitted “pro-Palestine mobs” to rally, ahead of the Gaza march which took place on Armistice Day in London.Former prime minister Mr Cameron was seen entering Number 10 as Mr Sunak was expected to conduct a cabinet reshuffle of his top team after days of intense pressure to axe Ms Braverman. More