Retrain MPs to pick fruit and drive lorries Letters: Readers respond to Suella Braverman’s plan to compensate for shortages in the haulage, butchering and farming industries The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2023
OPINION - The next Conservative leadership contest has started In late 2009, Kate Moss sparked a worldwide backlash when, in an interview with Women’s Wear Daily, the model revealed her mantra: “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels”. I fear that for context, I should add that I first came across this motto second-hand, from the golfer Colin Montgomerie. Evening Standard · May 16, 2023
Michael Gove says Tories will not win election with culture wars Minister says focus should be on economics and public services a day after Suella Braverman’s highly partisan speech The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2023
Sunak’s push for European court reform on Rwanda flights knocked back Council of Europe summit won’t be used to reform court rules, says host nation’s minister in blow for PM The Independent UK · May 16, 2023
More foreign workers needed to tackle food prices, industry chiefs tell No 10 Could take ‘decades’ to shift away from reliance on overseas staff, say food sector leaders attending Downing Street summit The Independent UK · May 16, 2023
What should the UK’s net migration target be? The cabinet is divided over how to manage record levels of migration to the UK, a hot-button issue that looks set to define the next general election. The Week · May 16, 2023
Tory dissent ‘sign of healthy party’, Gove tells conference The National Conservatism event has seen Tory MPs criticise Government policy in areas including the EU and childcare. The Independent UK · May 16, 2023
Cabinet rift as Braverman told to ‘stick to job’ amid fears she’s pushing to replace PM Home secretary told she must ‘stick to the job’ after inflammatory speech – as Gove warns Tories against campaigning on culture wars The Independent UK · May 16, 2023
Tory MP attacks ‘sugar-free conservatism’ and ‘overwhelming population growth’ Sir John Hayes claimed too many conservatives chose to ‘opt out of conflict’. The Independent UK · May 16, 2023
Nigel Farage admits Brexit has ‘failed’ Former Ukip leader says ministers have failed to take advantage of leaving the EU The Independent UK · May 16, 2023
Tory MP tells Suella Braverman to 'concentrate on the job' A TORY MP has told Suella Braverman to “concentrate on her job” amid claims from her own party that she undermined Rishi Sunak’s authority… The National (Scotland) · May 16, 2023
Rishi Sunak to push for Europe-wide approach to illegal migration PM heads to Council of Europe meeting in Reykjavík, where he also hopes to win backing for Rwanda plan from head of ECHR The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2023
Suella Braverman slammed by top Tory Sir Robert Buckland and told to ‘concentrate on her job’ Suella Braverman was slammed on Tuesday by a senior Tory MP for her speech to a Right-wing conference and told she should “concentrate on the job” as Home Secretary. Evening Standard · May 16, 2023
Tory populists have a real enemy in their sights – they’re gunning for the Tory realists These hardliners aren’t fighting the next election, their battle is for the party’s ideological soul, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2023
The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2023 Tory Nation by Samuel Earle review – tangled up in blue The political journalist argues that enduring values rather than reinvention is key to the Conservatives’ dominance. But he underplays the party’s current volatility
The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2023 Tuesday briefing: Why Suella Braverman thinks immigration is harming Britain – and what the facts say In today’s newsletter: The home secretary said this week that migrant labour harms the UK’s ‘national character’ – but it’s not that simple
The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2023 Afghan families in Yorkshire issued with eviction letters from Suella Braverman Refugees, including a special forces soldier and a political adviser, receive ‘notice to quit’ letters from home secretary
The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2023 The Tories are on the ropes now – and Labour’s knockout blows are not far away ‘Boring’ Keir Starmer is more radical than you might think, and he’s already bringing home the votes, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
The Independent UK · May 16, 2023 Sunak warns world’s most vulnerable ‘paying the price’ for broken asylum system (cloned) The Prime Minister will tell European leaders in Iceland that attempts to police human trafficking are ‘not working’.
The Independent UK · May 16, 2023 Rishi Sunak says international system for policing human trafficking ‘not working’ World’s most vulnerable are ‘paying the price’ for the failure to prevent unlawful migration, Sunak says
The Independent UK · May 16, 2023 What the papers say – May 16 A range of stories feature across Tuesday’s front pages.
The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2023 Tories preach baby-making and the facts of life – why does it always come back to sex with these oddballs? Welcome to the National Conservativism conference, a coming together of ideologies for the ideologically challenged
The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2023 Tory MPs accuse Suella Braverman of making bid for party leadership Party colleagues condemn home secretary’s ‘outrageous’ National Conservatism conference speech, and say it undermined Sunak
The Independent UK · May 15, 2023 Suella Braverman warns Tories against ‘devouring ourselves’ with infighting and lashes out at ‘elites’ Home secretary warns Tories against ‘devouring ourselves through fratricide’ – buts stirs controversy with comments on racism and trans rights
The Independent UK · May 15, 2023 Rwanda asylum plan: Timeline of goverment’s policy to deport migrants How the events leading up to the Rwanda plan’s return to court and Suella Braverman’s conservatism speech unfolded