Cruella Braverman...
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multitool
Pharaoh
Yesterday, I saw a chart of popularity of Tory front bench politicians among Tory Party members, and to my surprise Braverman was right up there near the top with only one person ahead of her. Which means that in a leadership contest put to Tory party members she would be in a very strong position.
It's clear she is positioning herself for this, and all the chatter is that she is goading Sunak to sack her.
But I'm wondering. Maybe she is hoping that her dogwhistles have worked, coupled with hard-right groups like Turning Point putting the call out for people to attack the Armistice Day Palestine march, and there will be some violence.
At which point she can resign in disgust at Sunak failing to force the Met to ban the march.
It's clear she is positioning herself for this, and all the chatter is that she is goading Sunak to sack her.
But I'm wondering. Maybe she is hoping that her dogwhistles have worked, coupled with hard-right groups like Turning Point putting the call out for people to attack the Armistice Day Palestine march, and there will be some violence.
At which point she can resign in disgust at Sunak failing to force the Met to ban the march.
deptfordmarmoset
Über Member
Or she might hope that the riots she's trying to incite will give her grounds to agitate for martial law to be introduced.
multitool
Pharaoh
Unlikely.
matticus
Guru
(This is nothing to do with multitool's main point, but: ) there's some subtlety to banning marches.
I *believe* only the Home Sec can ban a march; and he/she can ONLY do this if the police (Met Commisioner specifically?) gives them hard intell that there is high risk of violence/unrest/damage/yada-yada. (So Sunak has no direct control of this.)
HENCE the Police Chief asked protestors to be nice this weekend, but has not given the Home Sec the ammunition to actually ban a march. (i.e. he is quite happy for any/all marches to go ahead!)
mudsticks
Squire
I'm just hoping that ms Bravermans 'pronouncements' tip any march attending 'waverers' over the line into
"Well sod her, I'm definitely going now" action.
matticus
Guru
Indeed!!!
(But I also hope they do all play nicely, sticking to the proposed route/timings to avoid the cenotaph ceremony.)
mudsticks
Squire
I'm imagining more than a few folks would like to be at both.
Mourning the dead and injured in violent conflict, and wanting to work for peaceful alternatives would pretty much go across the board I'd have thought.
Unless you happen to just be a nasty racist nationalistic white supremacist who approves the levers and violence of colonialism, I s'pose.
The Crofted Crest
Active Member
She'll resign "on principle" after some skirmishes, saying "I told you so, but no one would listen. This prime minister is too weak to run the country". The dog whistles have worked, even Starmer has heard them. Come the vote for a new tory leader, she's the top dog.
deptfordmarmoset
Über Member
I've read reports that Gove has been briefing viciously against both Hunt and Braverman. He allegedly wants to end his career in a senior minister of state rôle.
multitool
Pharaoh
Would be funny if he didn't sack her, but just heavily demoted her.
