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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under pressure to sack his Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, as the row surrounding her controversial newspaper article attacking the Metropolitan Police over its handling of Israel-Hamas protests in London continues to gain momentum on Friday...
While Sunaks official spokesperson at 10 Downing Street said that he has full confidence in the Home Secretary, they did confirm that the contents of The Times Op-Ed did not have the full clearance of her boss...
It comes as the Opposition Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, and some sections of Bravermans own Conservative Party are calling for her removal from office over her actions, which could be a breach of the ministerial code for ignoring prime ministerial approval before publication of an article...
Suella Braverman is entitled to her views but she should make them privately within the Cabinet meeting and the government should come to a clear position, said Darren Jones, one of the Labour Party shadow ministers calling for Sunak to sack Braverman...
The Labour Party MP said the position she put forward in her Times article was fundamentally in breach of her responsibility of being the Home Secretary because it was for the police to decide operationally how to maintain order on our streets...
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