At the age of 57, David Cameron takes over the leadership of British diplomacy after the departure of James Cleverlychosen by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to replace Suella Braverman, was sacked after she voiced strong criticism of the police.
The Conservative Party announced this earlier this morning At that Rishi Sunak “ [renforcer] his government team to implement long-term decisions for a better future,” Monday, November 11th.
“It has been the greatest privilege of my life to serve as home secretary,” Ms. Braverman said after her dismissal, according to the BBC. “I will have more to say in due course. »
Such a reshuffle had been expected for weeks as the prime minister, who has been in Downing Street for just over a year, seeks to restart and prepare for a general election scheduled for next year, but no later than 2025. His party has been in power for almost fourteen years and is well behind Labor in the polls.
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Suella Braverman’s ouster comes after comments on the demonstrations in support of civilians in Gaza, which she described as “hate marches” on Monday, October 30, before accusing the police of colluding with protesters from both the left and the left right to be more careless, in the Times, more than a week later. A publication that, contrary to the usual rules, did not receive the approval of Downing Street.
These comments added to a series of controversies provoked in recent months by the far-right 43-year-old minister: she had described the arrival of refugees as an “invasion” and warned of a migration “hurricane” she believed Homeless people slept in tents according to a “chosen lifestyle.”
The dismissal of this figure from the right wing of the majority, willing to engage in cultural “wars”, risks causing unrest within the Conservatives and deepening divisions, since some MPs who supported her had threatened to resign, if she leaves the government.
Multiple calls for resignation
On Friday evening, November 10, she returned to her comments and reiterated that she “fully supports” the police, but several political leaders accused her of adding fuel to the fire ahead of the procession until her resignation from the government demanded. like Scottish Prime Minister Humza Yousaf. “The extreme right was encouraged by the Interior Minister (…) They are now attacking the police on Armistice Day.” [en référence aux célébrations du 11-Novembre] (…) The Interior Minister’s position is untenable. She has to resign,” he wrote on X, Saturday November 11th.
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The London marches, which brought together nearly 300,000 people on November 11th, 100,000 on October 21st and tens of thousands on October 28th, resulted in several hundred arrests. But for the most part, these marches were peaceful, with demonstrators mainly waving signs reading “Free Palestine” or calling for “a ceasefire.”
Among those arrested at the demonstration on Saturday November 11, according to police, were “hundreds” of nationalist counter-demonstrators, particularly from the English Defense League, including Tommy Robinson, founder of the far-right political movement Union Defense League (EDL).
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