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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
John Crace

Tories unite in their perforated defence of Leaky Sue

Suella Braverman.
Suella Braverman was taken back as home secretary six days after being fired for breaching the ministerial code. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

This one is going to run and run. If Rishi Sunak had hoped that his somewhat confusing explanation at PMQs for Suella Braverman’s special interpretation of national security was going to end doubts about his decision to reappoint her as home secretary, then he was in for disappointment.

Surprisingly, not many MPs – including some Tories and probably even Rish! himself – were convinced by a garbled: “She done nothing wrong but even if she had at least she owned up and besides six days is more than long enough for her to have learned her lesson.”

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