Suella Braverman, in a Tory Party Likely To Lose the Next Election, Looks Perfect for Leader of the Opposition
She embodies the faction frustrated with post-Brexit stagnation and with the failure of the government she just quit to, among other things, control the national borders.
Resignations are a polite staple of British politics. In the wake of an election, the Prime Minister will move the deck chairs, hire new people to sit in them, and toss out those who once occupied them, who invariably write lovely letters thanking the same Prime Minister who just sacked them for their time in Downing Street.
Itâs all rather inauthentic. Upon being fired, one isnât beset by feelings of gratitude. Itâs a polite norm, and the British political system is built upon polite norms. And, like so many institutions and traditions in our modern political era, this norm is breaking.
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