Nadine Dorries’ “Plot” to hijack the Tory party conference
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BySuella Braverman
Suella Braverman is a British Conservative politician. She served as home secretary from October 2022 through to November 2023. Braverman was born in 1980 and worked as a barrister from 2005. She was elected MP for Fareham in 2015, and chaired the European Research Group, of Eurosceptic Conservative MPs, from 2017-18. From 2020-22 she was attorney general for England and Wales.
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Why we should fear a Tory rout
Electoral humiliation could enable a comeback by Boris Johnson or the rise of Suella Braverman.
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Suella Braverman is branded a “loose cannon” by unhappy ministers in the Home Office
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Suella Braverman wants to fall on her sword
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Will Suella Braverman be sacked?
And does she even want to stay?
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It is perfectly plausible that Suella Braverman or another NatCon candidate will be the next Tory leader.
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What Suella Braverman gets wrong about immigration and wages
Brexit’s prioritisation of skilled migration has increased wages at the top – if only it did the same for the…
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Why Suella Braverman is unsackable
Just what does the Home Secretary need to do to get sacked? Call for non-dom status to be scrapped? Accidentally…
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Rishi Sunak now needs Suella Braverman more than ever
Dominic Raab’s resignation means the Prime Minister is even more reliant on the Home Secretary to maintain support from the…
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Children’s commissioner demands data on child refugees from Suella Braverman
Rachel de Souza is calling for Home Office information on children arriving on small boats, and what happens to them…
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Liz Truss becomes the latest Tory MP to fancy a presenting gig on GB News
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Is the government’s grooming task force about fighting crime or a culture war?
Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman’s focus on race is curious, and at odds with the evidence on child sex abuse.
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Brexit is to blame for Dover delays
Why won’t the Tories and Labour admit that it has become harder to travel to Europe?
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Once upon a time in Wakefield
The truth about one white 14-year-old schoolboy and a Koran is less straightforward than the culture war narrative suggests.
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Suella Braverman has become the Conservatives’ biggest liability
The active glee that the Home Secretary takes in other people’s misery has shattered Rishi Sunak’s pragmatic facade.
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Rishi Sunak’s “epoch-defining” defence strategy needs to be more than a label
The Prime Minister needs to accompany rhetoric with policy, and is still under pressure on defence spending.
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The Home Office cannot be saved
It isn’t just that the Home Office has no respect for human life, as appalling as that is: it simply…
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Don’t assume that migrant-born politicians should be pro-immigration
There is little progressive about assuming that Suella Braverman and Priti Patel should take a more liberal stance than other…
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Rishi Sunak can’t win his fight on the small boats bill
He cannot reduce immigration to zero and plenty of Conservatives will be among those repulsed by the crackdown.
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