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3 October 2023

Suella Braverman’s luxury hostilities

The Home Secretary will never solve the problems she so feverishly describes.

By Will Lloyd

“She ain’t that great,” said the white-haired man behind me.

He was grousing as Suella Braverman, Home Secretary, entered the Exchange Hall earlier this afternoon to deliver her Conservative conference address. A half-standing ovation greeted her. Braverman’s speech followed a scarcely applauded, limp speech from the Lord Chancellor, Alex Chalk. A warm-up act that left a cold atmosphere in the room.

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