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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
John Crace

Jenrick stepped up to the dispatch box. Cometh the hour, cometh the halfwit

Robert Jenrick
Jenrick wanted the bill to be a beacon, a guiding light of what not to do. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Rishi Sunak isn’t the only one to avoid the Commons at every given opportunity. Suella Braverman also prefers to operate in the shadows. Though in her case, it’s not that she’s phobic of the Westminster scrutiny. She’s not bright enough to be that self-aware.

Rather that it’s her Home Office team who likes to find any reason to keep her away. A day trip to Dover to look for refugees. Or a visit to a derelict barge with no sanitation. That sort of thing. Her idea of tourist attractions. Suella’s Alton Towers. Anything to stop her embarrassing herself and the government with a shambolic display at the dispatch box.

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