Rishi Sunak has sacked Suella Braverman as Home Secretary following chaotic scenes in London over the weekend and her unauthorised article criticising the police’s handling of pro-Palestinian protests.
Her comments, in which she accused the police of “playing favourites”, had been branded “divisive” and “inflammatory”, while opposition politicians have sought to blame her for stoking tensions that led to a confrontation between far-right groups and the police over the weekend.
