The ex-Interior Minister of the UK, Suella Braverman, was fired on Monday in a cabinet shake-up led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. This happened because of her controversial comments about protests supporting Palestine.
Rishi Sunak picked James Cleverly to take over as the new Home Secretary after Suella Braverman.
Suella Braverman's Controversies
Learn about Suella Braverman's bumpy career, from her resignation under Liz Truss to her recent firing by Rishi Sunak.
- In recent events, Suella Braverman stirred controversy by diverging from Rishi Sunak's stance, penning an article critical of police actions in recent protests. She argued that law enforcement "played favourites," showing leniency to left-leaning "pro-Palestinian mobs" while being harsher on right-wing extremists. The piece drew parallels between Gaza ceasefire demonstrations and Northern Ireland marches, predominantly led by unionists.
- Earlier this month, Braverman expressed on X that those choosing to sleep in tents on the streets were making a "lifestyle choice". She cautioned against allowing rows of tents on streets to prevent British cities from resembling places like Los Angeles and San Francisco, where she attributed an increase in crimes and drug consumption to "weak policies".
- In October of the previous year, during her tenure as the UK Home Secretary in Truss's cabinet, Braverman faced backlash for expressing her "dream" of witnessing asylum seekers being deported to Rwanda. Later, at a Tory party conference, she advocated for reducing migration to "tens of thousands". Shortly after the 'dream' remark, Braverman resigned from Truss's cabinet due to a major breach of UK ministerial rules — sending an official document from her personal email to a colleague. This incident made her the shortest-serving home secretary in UK history since 1834. Surprisingly, she swiftly returned to the UK cabinet and resumed the same role within a week under Rishi Sunak following the toppling of Truss's administration.
- In September of this year, Braverman took another swipe at migrants. She claimed that asylum seekers fabricate their sexuality to secure refugee status in the UK. During an ITV Network interview, she asserted that individuals "purport to be gay when they are not actually gay".
