Speculation is mounting about the potential for an imminent cupboard reshuffle by Rishi Sunak – one which might see Suella Braverman ousted as dwelling secretary.
Sources have informed Sky News’s deputy political editor, Sam Coates, that the potential for a reshuffle has already been mentioned.
“Until the formal confirmation of a reshuffle, we won’t know for sure whether Rishi Sunak intends to oust his home secretary on a charge, effectively, of disobedience,” he says.
“We do know, however, it has been discussed, and while we don’t know the resolution yet, one Whitehall source put the odds as high as 90% on Sunday afternoon that it would be a Monday.”
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Ms Braverman has been accused of heightening tensions with an article she authored final week in The Times, which accused the Metropolitan Police of getting double-standards on the way it polices completely different protests primarily based on political affiliation.
Mr Sunak has confronted calls from Labour to sack his dwelling secretary following the article, whereas Downing Street is at present investigating the way it was revealed with out edits that they had needed to be made.
The prime minister appeared to minimize any potential rift between him and Ms Braverman on Friday, saying he had “full confidence” in his dwelling secretary.
However, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps refused to say, when requested, whether or not Ms Braverman would stay in submit in every week’s time.
Instead, he informed Sky News’s Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips {that a} “week is a long time in politics” and that he wouldn’t be making any predictions.
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On Sunday evening, Ms Braverman doubled down on requires extra motion to be taken towards pro-Palestine protesters.
In a collection of posts on X (Twitter), Ms Braverman mentioned “further action is necessary” towards the protests, which have been leading to “the streets of London… being polluted by hate, violence, and antisemitism”.
The dwelling secretary paid tribute to officers, saying “our brave police officers deserve the thanks of every decent citizen for their professionalism in the face of violence and aggression from protesters and counter-protesters in London yesterday”.
“That multiple officers were injured doing their duty is an outrage.”
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It was a marked distinction to final week, when she accused the Metropolitan Police of holding “double standards” on the way it polices protests.
She added: “The sick, inflammatory and, in some cases, clearly criminal chants, placards and paraphernalia openly on display at the march mark a new low. Antisemitism and other forms of racism together with the valorising of terrorism on such a scale is deeply troubling.”
Some have accused Ms Braverman of inflaming tensions, resulting in extra individuals descending on the capital.
More than 140 individuals have been arrested within the dysfunction, each on the pro-Palestinian facet and the far-right counter-protest facet.
The Met Police’s deputy assistant commissioner, Laurence Taylor, mentioned the pressure confronted a “really challenging day” coping with the protests.
Source: information.sky.com”