Gavin Jacobson: Let’s start with Suella Braverman. Many people found her column in the Times last week, in which she attacked the Metropolitan Police over its response to pro-Palestine demonstrations, incendiary. There were mass demonstrations and protests over the weekend, with nationalist thugs “guarding” the Cenotaph along Whitehall on Remembrance Day. What’s your take on her political career and the political moment?
John Gray: I think Braverman has achieved what she wanted to achieve – to be sacked. That was the subtext of everything she said. Braverman is not a gifted politician, but she must have realised that publishing that column in the Times would bring her position into serious question. She’s anticipating the Conservative leadership struggle after Rishi Sunak loses the general election next year, which is even more likely now given his appointment of David Cameron as Foreign Secretary.
Content from our partners
