Suella Braverman has published a lengthy letter this evening tearing chunks out of Rishi Sunak and accusing him of “betrayal” over key policies.<\/p>\n
The letter accuses the prime minister of failure and says his “plan is not working”.<\/p>\n
“We have endured record election defeats, your resets have failed and we are running out of time. You need to change course urgently.<\/p>\n
“I may not have always found the right words, but I have always striven to give voice to the quiet majority that supported us in 2019. I have endeavoured to be honest and true to the people who put us in these privileged positions.”<\/p>\n
It’s understood this is not the last Suella Braverman will have to say about her sacking, and will make a personal statement in the Commons tomorrow.<\/p>\n
Her letter, which runs to three pieces, sets out that Ms Braverman only accepted Mr Sunak’s offer to become Home Secretary last year as part of a four-point deal: namely to reduce overall legal migration; exclude stop the boats legislation from the remit of the ECHR; Deliver the Northern Ireland Protocol and Retained EU Law Bills in their existing form’ and issue unequivocal statutory guidance to schools that protects biological sex and single sex spaces.<\/p>\n
Ms Braverman says she trusted the Prime Minister to see through all four points of their agreement, however over the past year has been “met with equivocation, disregard and a lack of interest”.<\/p>\n
She continues that if the Government loses its Rwanda case tomorrow, Mr Sunak will have “wasted a year and an Act of Parliament, only to arrive back at square one”.<\/p>\n
“Worse than this, your magical thinking – believing that you can will your way through this without upsetting polite opinion – has meant you have failed to prepare any sort of credible ‘Plan B’.”<\/p>\n
“I can only surmise that this is because you have no appetite for doing what is necessary, and therefore no real intention of fulfilling your pledge to the British people.”<\/p>\n
The former Home Secretary also implies that Rishi Sunak only became Prime Minister thanks to her support: “It is generally agreed that my support was a pivotal factor in winning the leadership contest”.<\/p>\n
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