UK Politics

Nadine Dorries has said the Government needs a “kick in the pants”.The former Conservative minister said she agrees with ex-prime minister Boris Johnson that the Tories are “drifting into defeat” under Rishi Sunak.Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Dorries said: “When Boris Johnson was elected in 2019, he had the biggest majority. He got a bigger vote share than Tony Blair in 1997. People were inspired to go out and vote for him. “Is that King’s Speech, what we are doing now, going to ignite people? Does the Government need a kick in the pants? It absolutely does.” More

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has lost the support of the Conservative Party following her Met Police bias comment, Shadow MP Chris Bryant has claimed.Ms. Braverman accused the Metropolitan Police of “playing favourites” by allowing a pro-Palestine march on Armistice Day to go ahead.Speaking in the House of Commons on Thursday, Mr Bryant said: “The fact that only two Conservative MPs have shown up today to defend the Home Secretary shows she has already lost the support of the house.”He added: “There is no place for hate on our streets and in the Home Office as well. she is the one inciting hatred in this country.” More

Yvette Cooper suggested that Suella Braverman should be sacked for her comments accusing the Metropolitan Police of “playing favourites” by allowing a pro-Palestine march on Armistice Day to go ahead.Asking an urgent question in the House of Commons on Thursday (9 November), the shadow home secretary said: “Does this Government still believe in the operation independence of the police, and how can it do so while this Home Secretary is in post?”It comes after the Home Secretary wrote in the Times claiming Islamists were using Saturday’s march to express “primacy” and compared it to extremist rallies in Northern Ireland with links to terrorism. More

Labour MP Naz Shah wiped tears from her eyes with a tissue in the Commons shortly after telling MPs of the plight of children in Gaza.Ms. Shah called for the UK to “ramp up its effort to end the bloodshed”.Ms. Shah, who is a shadow Home Office minister but was speaking from the backbenches, said “every day we see footage of heartbreaking stories” of children in Gaza.The MP was emotional as she described footage of children caught up in the conflict, some believing they had died and others preparing for death, others holding a press conference “to call on the world to let them live”. More