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Rishi Sunak Faces Big Sacking Decision In Most Challenging Week As UK PM

Rishi Sunak under pressure to punish Braverman

The threat of immediate disorder on the streets of London has subsided, but it may only provide short-lived respite for Rishi Sunak as he heads into his most important week as British Prime Minister.

Rishi Sunak’s biggest challenge is to criticize Home Secretary Suela Braverman, who criticized police tactics against pro-Palestinian demonstrators, saying they led to far-right groups clashing with police during large demonstrations in the capital on Saturday. The question is whether to dismiss him or not. On Sunday, Downing Street officials declined to say whether Mr Braverman would continue in his role after a week, but Defense Secretary Grant Shapps responded to a similar question by saying: “A week is a long time in politics.” Mentioned.

Rishi Sunak accused Braverman of criticizing the Metropolitan Police in a newspaper op-ed hours after he tried to resolve a dispute with the police chief over protests that coincided with the annual commemoration of Britain’s war dead. There is pressure to punish him. On Sunday, two of Braverman’s cabinet ministers said they could not support a challenge to the prime minister’s authority, despite his popularity among the Conservative right.

One Tory MP said Mr Sunak’s bid to retain Mr Braverman would add to Labor leader Keir Starmer’s efforts to weaken him ahead of a general election expected next year. He said it would be. Another official said expelling her would strengthen her right to rebel and further divide the Conservative Party, saying it was a lose-lose situation.

More than 300,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators took part in the largest march in London on Saturday since the conflict between Israel and Hamas began more than a month ago. Some protest leaders cited reports that past events included chants of “jihad” and said Mr. Braverman, who labeled participants “hate marchers,” was seeking public support. I rate it as high.

The Metropolitan District also accused political theater of making security efforts more difficult. The conflict in Gaza, the Armistice Day holiday, protests and heated debate over police crackdowns “all combined to heighten tensions in the community,” Assistant Police Commissioner Matt Twist said late Saturday. .

Appearing on behalf of the government on a political talk show on Sunday, Mr Shapps deflected questions about Mr Braverman’s responsibility, telling Sky News: ‘These marches were already scheduled to take place. The demonstration was already scheduled to take place.” Asked about the future of the prime minister, he said the composition of the government was a matter for the prime minister.

Police arrested about 145 people during Saturday’s demonstrations, including many counter-demonstrators who prevented police from disrupting a largely peaceful pro-Palestinian march. The Metropolitan District announced on Sunday that seven men had been charged with a variety of offenses, including assaulting an emergency worker, criminal damage and possessing an offensive weapon.

“This cannot continue,” Braverman said on social media platform X on Sunday, thanking police and calling it an “unconscionable act” that some officers were injured. She focused her criticism on participants in pro-Palestinian marches, although she cited “violence and aggression” by members of both sides.

“This escalation of anti-Semitism and other forms of racism and terrorism on such a large scale is deeply disturbing,” Braverman said on the platform formerly known as Twitter. Police posted on social media a photo of a person they are trying to identify for possible anti-Semitic hate crimes and for supporting Hamas, a British-listed terrorist organization.

Mr Braverman’s role overseeing immigration policy is closely linked to another pressing milestone for Mr Sunak. That is the UK Supreme Court’s ruling expected on Wednesday on the legality of the government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda. The timing complicates the Prime Minister’s decision on Braverman, as waiting until the verdict is handed down risks making the two events appear connected.

Downing Street officials have said the government is not confident it will win the Rwanda case.

Some Conservative Party officials were bracing for a cabinet reshuffle and thought it could happen as early as Monday, when Mr Sunak’s public schedule other than his evening foreign policy speech was clear. Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden met last week to discuss potential personnel changes, Bloomberg reported last week.

Several Conservative MPs privately urged Mr Sunak to sack Mr Braverman, echoing the opposition Labor Party’s public calls for him to leave.

Yvette Cooper, Labour’s shadow home secretary, told the BBC on Sunday: “She incited tensions, attacked police and undermined respect for them at a really important time. She was deeply irresponsible.” Ta. “That’s not how any home secretary other than Suella Braverman should do that job. And Rishi Sunak is so weak that he’s letting her do things like that. This is very harmful.”

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