Why Braverman is resigned?
The outgoing home secretary says she is resigning with the greatest regret:
“Earlier today, I sent an official document from my personal email to a trusted parliamentary colleague as part of policy engagement, and with the aim of garnering support for government policy on migration.
“This constitutes a technical infringement of the rules. As you know, the document was a draft Written Ministerial Statement about migration, due for publication imminently. Much of it had already been briefed to MPs. Nevertheless it is right for me to go.
“As soon as I realised my mistake, I rapidly reported this on official channels, and informed the Cabinet Secretary. As Home Secretary I hold myself to the highest standards and my resignation is the right thing to do.
“The business of government relies upon people accepting responsibility for their mistakes.
“Pretending we haven’t made mistakes, carrying on as if everyone can’t sce that we have made them, and hoping that things will magically come right is not serious politics. I have made a mistake; I accept responsibility; I resign.
Quote Message: Pretending we haven’t made mistakes, carrying on as if everyone can’t sce that we have made them, and hoping that things will magically come right is not serious politics. I have made a mistake; I accept responsibility; I resign.”
Pretending we haven’t made mistakes, carrying on as if everyone can’t sce that we have made them, and hoping that things will magically come right is not serious politics. I have made a mistake; I accept responsibility; I resign.”
‘I have concerns about the direction of this government’
Suella Braverman’s resignation letter continues:
Quote Message: It is obvious to everyone that we are going through a tumultuous time. I have concerns about the direction of this government.
It is obvious to everyone that we are going through a tumultuous time. I have concerns about the direction of this government.
Suella Braverman may have resigned over a security issue.
But her resignation letter reads like an attack on Liz Truss and her government.
She writes that the business of government relies upon people accepting responsibility for their mistakes, and that carrying on “as if everyone can’t see that we have made them” and hoping things “magically” come right is not serious politics.
Suella Braverman – out after six weeks in the job
Suella Braverman was the UK’s home secretary until this afternoon.
She held one of the top jobs in government, with responsibilities including overseeing UK borders, policing and counter-terrorism.
The 42-year-old Brexiteer strongly supported controversial plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
On the right of the party, Braverman ran in the Tory leadership contest herself that Liz Truss ultimately won, pledging to stand up to “woke rubbish”.
