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Tory dismay at Braverman's far-right antics grows
Home Secretary, Suella Braverman is applauded after delivering her keynote speech to the Conservative Party annual conference in Manchester, October 3, 2023

DISMAY is growing within the Tory Party and beyond at the far-right antics and pronouncements of Home Secretary Suella Braverman.

There is speculation that Ms Braverman is positioning herself for a post-election Conservative leadership contest in which her authoritarian demagogy may play well with the party’s aged and intolerant membership base.

In recent days, she has described pro-Palestinian solidarity demonstrations as “hate marches” and urged the police to ban them, while also claiming that homelessness is a “lifestyle choice.”

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