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The Owen Jones Podcast

Owen vs. Suella Braverman's BIGGEST Fan

The Owen Jones Podcast

Owen Jones

Politics, Government, News & Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Goodness grief: the Home Secretary got reinstated after leaking confidential information, all so Rishi Sunak could have Suella Braverman's support in the Tory leadership contest. But are there any fans of Braverman who want to put up a fight? Well, on the Jeremy Vine Show today one rang in and claimed Braverman was "excellent" - and I asked them one good thing the Home Secretary had done to justify that accolade. Here's what she said.


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0:00.0

Does she wear a bravenment actually have any fans?

0:02.3

Because even Richie Sonak, who reappointed at home sexually after this,

0:05.6

she's forced to sign in disgrace, even he knows she's rubbish.

0:08.8

But, I actually found she does have a number one fan.

0:12.6

Here's what I said in the Jeremy Reinshire about the whole situation of

0:16.4

all things about a bravenment, how absolutely ridiculous it all is,

0:19.4

and here's how I answered her number one fan.

0:21.8

Let's just be very, very clear about what happened here.

0:24.4

What happened is Richie Sonak put the interest of the conservative party ahead of

0:28.8

the interest of the country.

0:30.4

The reason he appointed Suela Bravenment into that position is because she is on

0:34.7

the hard right of the conservatives, and he wanted to stop Boris Johnson from getting on

0:39.6

the ballot paper.

0:40.6

Because if Boris Johnson got on the ballot paper, then Tory members would have a choice,

0:44.7

and there was every chance Boris Johnson would going to be Richie Sonak.

0:48.8

When, unlike for Teapotel, who backed Boris Johnson, if Suela Bravenment had also come

0:53.5

out and backed Boris Johnson, that would have given Boris Johnson a head of steam and given

0:57.6

him a very good chance of beating Richie Sonak.

1:00.4

She's not there because she's got it a job, she isn't.

1:02.6

She's not there because she may have been in it for a long time, just a few weeks.

1:06.8

She was forced to resign very shortly after becoming home secretary, because she emailed

1:13.2

confidential documents relating to national security to a politician who was an ally of

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