Suella Braverman appears set to remain as home secretary over a weekend of remembrance ceremonies and protests, although her fate is still deeply uncertain after Jeremy Hunt joined the ministerial voices distancing themselves from her views.
Rishi Sunak is under intense pressure to dismiss Braverman after she wrote an article for the Times arguing the police were biased in the way they deal with different protests, a view not fully cleared in advance by Downing Street.
The prime minister’s spokesperson said on Friday that an “ongoing internal process” within No 10 into the article was taking place and that there were no updates on what might happen to Braverman.
However, it is understood that even if Sunak has already decided to sack Braverman for what was a flagrant challenge to his authority, this will not happen until next week at the earliest, given the sensitivities of this weekend.
Grant Shapps has not been moved to a new position in what feels like literally weeks! And it’s not like he hasn’t been Home Sec before: for six days, in the waning days of the Truss era.
