{"id":135106,"date":"2023-11-12T16:29:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T16:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finbestnews.com\/?p=135106"},"modified":"2023-11-12T16:29:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T16:29:03","slug":"sunak-poised-to-sack-braverman-here-is-what-happens-next-in-tory-civil-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finbestnews.com\/politics\/sunak-poised-to-sack-braverman-here-is-what-happens-next-in-tory-civil-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunak poised to sack Braverman \u2013 here is what happens next in Tory civil war"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tory MP defends Suella Braverman over article row<\/h3>\n

The last time Suella Braverman was sacked as Home Secretary, the Prime Minister who did it (Liz Truss) was out in days.<\/p>\n

Rishi Sunak is also now in an extremely vulnerable position with his party trailing 21 points in the polls, a great deal of unhappiness on the backbenches and a belief they are heading for a historically bad defeat.<\/p>\n

One Tory MP said: “Things really could not get any worse with a different leader.”<\/p>\n

So, as the Prime Minister mulls over whether to sack a Home Secretary who is running an independent policy and blatantly making a leadership pitch, he has to work through a number of scenarios.<\/p>\n

When is best to remove her? And what would be the consequences?<\/p>\n

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When would Sunak wield the knife?<\/h3>\n

While the prevailing wisdom has been that Mr Sunak will wait until after the Supreme Court ruling on the Rwanda deportation scheme on Wednesday, the likely date is tomorrow (Monday).<\/p>\n

This is because if Braverman wins on Wednesday it will be very difficult to sack her after a victory.<\/p>\n

Conversely, if she loses and he sacks her then she can immediately lead the already strident campaign for Britain to leave the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR).<\/p>\n

Sources have suggested that it is “better a clean break quickly” with a new person by Wednesday if Sunak hopes to get away with it.<\/p>\n

Who would the new Home Secretary be?<\/h3>\n

As one source noted: “Rishi is a clear person who will make a strategic choice.”<\/p>\n

So while Leader of the House Penny Mordaunt and Attorney General Victoria Prentis among others from the left of the party have been speculated on, he is likely to pick someone at least nominally from the Right.<\/p>\n

That basically leaves him with one option, Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch.<\/p>\n

Her record on fighting the culture wars and no-nonsense approach could placate enough on the right to allow him to get away with sacking Braverman.<\/p>\n

But one well-placed source has asked: “Why would she [Badenoch] accept a job which has become a poison chalice?”<\/p>\n

Added to that Badenoch, even if she did accept, is not trusted by many on the right after watering down the Retained EU Law Act and keeping Brussels red tape.<\/p>\n

Also, her closeness to Michael Gove raises huge suspicion.<\/p>\n

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