The hapless British prime minister will not have to replace her finance minister until Friday. While Truss herself continues to cling to her office amid boos, the interior minister is now also leaving the cabinet. It is unclear whether voluntarily or under pressure.
British Home Secretary Suella Braverman has resigned from office. The conservative politician confirmed corresponding reports in the early evening via Twitter. Prime Minister Liz Truss has lost the second cabinet member in just a few days. Only on Friday did Truss fire her finance minister, Kwasi Kwarteng, and replace her with former foreign minister Jeremy Hunt. The conservative head of government is fighting for office after she triggered financial chaos with planned tax breaks and had to turn around.
Braverman gave “a technical breach” of confidentiality rules as the reason for her resignation. She forwarded an official document from her personal email address to a “trusted parliamentary colleague,” Braverman wrote. Much of it was already known, but it was “right for me to go”. However, Braverman also criticized the government’s course in the letter. Important promises to voters have been broken, and she also has “great concerns about this government’s commitment to our election manifesto, such as limiting the total number of immigrants and stopping illegal migration, particularly dangerous boat crossings,” Braverman said.
There has been speculation that former Transport Secretary Grant Shapps could become Home Secretary. Braverman belonged to the extreme right wing of the party and has repeatedly made a name for herself with statements about her plans for tougher action on deportations. She recently railed against “tofu-eating” leftists in parliament.
Despite massive pressure from within her own ranks and boos from the opposition, the British Prime Minister once again refused to resign in front of Parliament in London. “I’m a fighter, not a slacker,” Truss said when asked by opposition Labor Party leader Keir Starmer why she was still there. It was the first question time with the Prime Minister in the British House of Commons after her humiliating U-turn on tax plans in recent days.
