Is Suella trying to get the sack?
The News Agents
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🗓️ 9 November 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Suella Braverman is in trouble- again. It's almost like she invites it.
This time she's written a piece for The Times which is being slammed as inflammatory.
She's compared the Gaza protests with The Troubles and suggested the police treat right-wing and left-wing protests by different standards, and strongly suggests this Saturday's should be banned.
She has called into question a very old principle, that of police independence from the government. To make it worse, it appears No.10 asked for changes to The Times piece, only for them to be ignored by Braverman's team.
On today's show, is Sunak finally about to sack his Home Secretary, and if not, why not?
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| 0:13.1 | But coming back to the policing aspect again, the Home Secretary, Suella Brahmann, |
| 0:16.7 | seems to suggest that senior police officers play favourites when it comes to protesters. |
| 0:22.2 | Do you agree with her on that? |
| 0:28.1 | Well, look, I was in a number of meetings this week with the Home Secretary and senior police leaders, |
| 0:34.7 | and we were all focused on making sure those protests on Saturday take place in a respectful way. Yes, I understand that, but would you use language such as police playing, paying favourites? |
| 0:39.6 | Would you use that language? |
| 0:40.9 | I just saw a group of people, both ministers, leaders, policing leaders from across the country, not just the Met. |
| 0:47.9 | That's Mark Harper, the Transport Secretary, with Nick Ferrari on LBC this morning, |
| 0:52.6 | but frankly, on all media outlets, doing his |
| 0:55.5 | best not to answer questions about what Suella Bravman has said in the Times newspaper this morning. |
| 1:02.8 | Because what has started as a crisis between the government and the police has turned into |
| 1:09.0 | something very different now, a crisis between Suella |
| 1:12.8 | Braverman and the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. |
| 1:15.4 | Number 10 has said, for the time being, that they have confidence in the Home Secretary. |
| 1:22.0 | The question now is, if Suella Braverman can do what she likes, can say what she likes, irrespective of what the Prime Minister |
| 1:29.0 | says, then what authority as Prime Minister does he have left? So, as the Prussian mounts on number |
| 1:35.5 | 10, is Rishi Sunak about to sack Suella Brethrenman? Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:43.9 | The news agents. The news agents. |
| 1:46.7 | It's John. |
| 1:47.6 | It's Lewis. |
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