LONDON — United Kingdom's interior minister Suella Braverman's position looked increasingly precarious on Thursday (Nov 9) after she criticised policing of pro-Palestinian marches in comments made without Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's approval.
Britain's interior minister Suella Braverman arrives to 10 Downing Street in London to attend the weekly cabinet meeting on Sept 12, 2023.
Downing Street insisted it had full confidence in Ms Braverman but said it was investigating how her comments in an opinion piece in The Times were published without its consent, as required by the ministerial code. Ms Braverman's words have heightened speculation she is positioning herself for a future Tory leadership contest or that they are a deliberate ploy by Mr Sunak's party to appeal to right-wingers before the next general election.
The outspoken Braverman added she did not believe the protests were"merely a cry for help for Gaza" but were more an"assertion of primacy by certain groups — particularly Islamists". London has seen large demonstrations on four successive weekends since the Hamas attacks in southern Israel on Oct 7, which Israel says left 1,400 people dead, mostly civilians. They also took 240 hostages.
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