Has Suella Braverman gone too far this time?
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🗓️ 9 November 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In the Times she described pro-Palestinian protesters as "hate marchers". She also likened the protests to scenes from the past in Northern Ireland, prompting politicians there to accuse her of “deliberately stoking division”.
Ms Braverman has also publicly slated the Metropolitan Police, which is allowing a pro-Palestinian march to go ahead on Armistice Day. She said the force was guilty of "double standards" and favouring left-wing protesters over those on the right of politics.
So, how do the Conservatives solve a problem like Suella? The Sky New Daily’s Niall Paterson is joined by David Blevins, our senior Ireland correspondent, to find out why her comments haven’t gone down well there.
Plus, Sir Peter Fahy, former chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, explains how the home secretary's comments are a serious breach of operational independence. And our deputy political editor Sam Coates looks at the fallout in Downing Street.
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| 0:53.7 | Investments above €100,000 are charged at 0.2% commission. FX fees may apply. Limited availability. T's and Cs apply. Welcome to the Sky News Daily. I'm Neil Patterson. On this episode, we're focusing on the Home Secretary. Well, the Home Secretary is clearly completely out of control. Svella Braverman has to go. |
| 1:12.9 | The reason, well, not her view that we're in the midst of a migration hurricane, |
| 1:16.9 | not her dream of sending people to Rwanda, |
| 1:19.5 | not even those comments about banning homeless people from using tents. |
| 1:24.0 | Instead, it's an article that she's written for the Times. |
| 1:29.3 | Just hours after we published yesterday's episode, looking at the decision to hold pro-Palestinian demonstrations on |
| 1:34.1 | Armistice Day, Soella Braverman penned a few hundred words, setting out her take on events, |
| 1:40.0 | and in the process has angered and upset cabinet colleagues, the police, Northern Ireland, |
| 1:46.8 | and no doubt a fair few of you into the bargain. So if you've not heard by now, what exactly has she said? |
| 1:52.5 | Let's start with Sam Cotes, our deputy political editor, Sam. What has the Home Secretary done this time? |
| 1:58.3 | So in the Times opair, she basically questioned the judgment of the |
| 2:03.6 | Metropolitan Police, of the head of the Metropolitan Police, Mark Raleigh, and the decision |
| 2:08.2 | to allow this pro-Palestinian march at the weekend to go ahead. And she made what some |
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