Behind the carefully constructed impression of unity around Rishi Sunak, some Conservative MPs are starting to betray their unhappiness about his government’s response to a seemingly unsolvable problem.
The prime minister may be content to let the home secretary, Suella Braverman, act as a lightning rod – as one source put it – for hostile briefings and intense media scrutiny over her controversial reappointment, but doing so is also drawing attention to her failure to tackle the number of migrants and asylum seekers being smuggled across the Channel.
