Suella Braverman has said little in public since she was reinstated as home secretary on Tuesday. Her return to a great office of state, just six days after a security breach, has reignited an internal Tory row over propriety and political direction that could destabilise Rishi Sunak’s premiership. But the MP for Fareham, usually at her happiest when using media publicity to anger liberals and enthuse the hard right, has kept quiet, avoiding microphones, cameras and two urgent questions in the House of Commons.
On Wednesday there was no mention of the “tofu-eating wokerati” she has previously blamed for Just Stop Oil protests, and no reference to her “dream” of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda. Instead, as Braverman silently slipped out of the chamber to avoid taking part in a debate discussing whether she was fit for a return to office, she was taunted by Labour MPs. “Where are you going? Come back!” said the shadow attorney general, Emily Thornberry.
