The Full English with Alexander Brown - Episode 94
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00:27 Hello and welcome to Full English, which shows that combined politics with not trying to
00:31 replace Rishi Sunak. The same can't be said for Swela Braverman, who is on
00:36 manoeuvres and once again at risk of breaching the ministerial code. Let's get
00:40 into it. This week the Home Secretary sparked fury after writing an op-ed in
00:46 which he called peace marchers pro-Palestinian mobs, compared them to
00:50 Northern Ireland and said the police were biased and ignoring crime. None of this
00:54 is ideal for a Home Secretary or indeed a rational person, but the real issue is
00:59 it wasn't signed off by Downing Street. The Home Secretary has gone into
01:03 business for herself once again and though some MPs are supportive, broadly
01:08 Tories are very very cross and calling for her to be sacked. Not for the content
01:12 of the article, just that she didn't ask for permission. That's the wrong thing here.
01:18 The crucial point here is that the Home Secretary is terrible at her job, with the
01:24 Home Office widely regarded as the worst government department. But Mrs.
01:27 Braverman is in the post for a reason and that's her appeal to the Tory right
01:31 and to help keep Rishi Sunak secure. Polling shows the public doesn't agree with
01:35 her though and she's breached the ministerial code before and famously tried to get
01:39 civil servants to cut her speeding. Now she's so brazenly making a leadership
01:43 pitch, which she also did at the Tory conference, there's a growing belief
01:47 she's outlasted her usefulness. Reshuffle anyone?
01:51 So what have we learned? Firstly that Sweller Braverman might hate party
01:55 discipline more than she hates the homeless having tents and secondly that
01:59 the King's speech was somehow not the biggest story of the week. Probably because
02:03 there wasn't anything in it. Sorry Rishi. Until next time, I've been Alexander Brown and you haven't.
02:10 [Music]