home secretary suella braverman has been sacked as home secretary. the prime minister, rishi sunak, asked her to leave the government and is conducting a ministerial reshuffle. he's been under pressure to sack ms braverman, after a weekend in which she's been accused of emboldening far—right activists who carried out violence on the streets of london. these are the latest pictures of ms braverman as she left for work this morning, amid speculation over herjob. the opposition labour party has accused her of stoking tensions this weekend, by claiming the police were biased. it comes as the government is understood to be looking seriously at plans to change protest laws in the wake of weekly pro—palestinian marches. this is a reminder of the breaking news this morning. prime minister rishi sunak has sacked his home secretary suella braverman. this comes after comments she made about the protests happening in london. we can go live to our political editor chris mason now. bring us up to date as to what has happened this morning. a, as to what has happened this morninu. �* w, as to what has happened this morninu. �* , ' as to what has happened this morninu. ~ , , , morning. a cabinet reshuffle is under way- _ morning. a cabinet reshuffle is under way. half _ morning. a cabinet reshuffle is under way. half an _ morning. a cabinet reshuffle is under way. half an hour - morning. a cabinet reshuffle is under way. half an hour ago i morning. a cabinet reshuffle is| under way. half an hour ago we brought you the news that the now former home secretary suella braverman had been sacked from the government. suella braverman is out after the controversy of last week, the letter that she wrote to the times, or the article she wrote for the times, without authorisation from downing street for all of its content suggesting the police were biased ahead of those protests we saw in london and elsewhere over the weekend. rishi sunakfiring his home secretary. and beginning a wider reshuffle of his government. we have seen foreign secretary james cleverly head into downing street in the last half an hour or so to talk to the prime minister. my understanding is he is in conversation with the prime minister right now. we also know that david cameron, the former prime minister, has arrived in downing street in the last few minutes as well. what a twist that would be to see the return of a former prime minister to a significant role in government. i don't think people had seen that one coming, if indeed it is confirmed. we have a current foreign secretary in the building and former prime minister, both in conversation with rishi sunak. we expect news of the new deployment expected imminently. with a growing expectation at westminster, as has been the case with an increasing sense of certainty is that weekend has progressed, but more so this morning, that what we are seeing right now is notjust a reshuffle but a big reshuffle, and an attempt from rishi sunak, just over a year in office, to really try and assert his authority, grab attention, do something, anything, that might change his political fortunes. something, anything, that might change his politicalfortunes. he has done much thus far to attempt to change his political fortunes, has done much thus far to attempt to change his politicalfortunes, but frankly, from his perspective, it hasn't really worked. he will hope that a reshuffle of significant size, which is certainly what it looks like this morning, may help do that. from his perspective it is worth a go. also an illustration, he will hope, of an exertion of authority. there were questions after the former home secretary suella braverman defied him with the article last week around his authority, who was in charge. a senior cabinet minister willing to defy him, by sacking her, and then engaging in a pretty widespread reshuffle, he will hope that that will illustrate very much who is in charge. and also build a government in his own image. when he constructed a government rather at hayes to just over a year ago having become prime minister almost by accident after the short tenure of liz truss, he needed to do it with one thing principally in mind, ensuring stability within the conservative party after a period of volcanic instability. —— at haste. now, year in, with a sense that he will see at the time between now and a general election, there is no suggestion that rishi sunak will face any threat internally before an election, he clearly feels more comfortable to build a government in his own image, with the hope from his own image, with the hope from his perspective, that it is something that can change the political weather.— something that can change the political weather. chris, this could not have been _ political weather. chris, this could not have been easy _ political weather. chris, this could not have been easy for _ political weather. chris, this could not have been easy for the - political weather. chris, this could not have been easy for the prime | not have been easy for the prime minister. ms braverman is popular within the conservative party. popular with some but not with others. there is no doubt some within the conservative fold are very supportive of her and they were pleased to see someone in high office to articulate views that they share, was willing to talk, as they see it kameda language that ordinary folk are not obsessed with politics would understand. and didn't assume high office and leave half of her views at the door. so, yes, she had her supporters, and, yes, there was a valuable of 2.4 rishi sunak of bringing her into government for exactly that reason. in fact, she became home secretaryjust a week or so after she had left that post under liz truss having broken the ministerial code. she came back in, having a last backed minute, rishi sunak to become prime minister after the of liz truss. but the frequency with which suella braverman has been grabbing attention and saying things that plenty of her colleagues would not repeat, got to the level where i think it was simply unsustainable. these were not things that were being said once every couple of months, there were being said, in some instances, several times in a fortnight, and i think that tested the patience, suddenly tested the patience of their colleagues and tested the patience as well of downing street, forcing them i think in the end to conclude that they only had one option, not least because there was a growing sense of that suggestion of insubordination, that suggestion of insubordination, that she had done something against the direct edict of the prime minister and done that in a very public way. for anyone in government, be like in any workplace, if you defy the boss, humiliate the boss and do it very publicly, yourjob security is going to be rather looser than it previously was, as played out in the last hour with suella braverman, sacked as home secretary. i wanted to ask a bit — sacked as home secretary. i wanted to ask a bit more _ sacked as home secretary. i wanted to ask a bit more about _ sacked as home secretary. i wanted to ask a bit more about this - sacked as home secretary. i wanted to ask a bit more about this cabinet| to ask a bit more about this cabinet reshuffle that's happening. but first, does the prime minister risk having a strong political opponent on the backbenches? it is believed ms braverman would like to be leader of the conservative party. there ms braverman would like to be leader of the conservative party.— of the conservative party. there is no doubt that _ of the conservative party. there is no doubt that is _ of the conservative party. there is no doubt that is a _ of the conservative party. there is no doubt that is a risk— of the conservative party. there is no doubt that is a risk from - of the conservative party. there is no doubt that is a risk from his - no doubt that is a risk from his perspective, there is no doubt suella braverman has ambitions to lead the conservative party. we know that because she has run for the job before. i can tell you that is one of her ambitions without question. from the prime minister's perspective, the trade—off always was, do you keep her within the fold or do you allow her to go to the backbenches where she can make her arguments and she sees fit? i suspect there are those in government who feel she was making arguments as she saw fit anyway and was undermining the prime minister in so doing. when you are home secretary you have a colossal platform from which to make your arguments. when you are a backbencher you have much less of a platform. from downing street's perspective, the only scenario in the relatively short to medium term in which suella braverman would be running for the conservative leadership would be a situation where rishi sunak was no longer in thejob, and that where rishi sunak was no longer in the job, and that would where rishi sunak was no longer in thejob, and that would happen where rishi sunak was no longer in the job, and that would happen after any election defeat. so between now and that point, were it to happen, rishi sunak will obviously be doing all he can to try and win the general election which would ensure that he would carry on as conservative leader and prime minister. so in the short term she is no direct threat to him, as much as she might be an irritant on the backbenches, but an irritant with a smaller platform than the one that she became having the platform of home secretary which she has had for the last year or so.— the last year or so. chris, we have been showing _ the last year or so. chris, we have been showing viewers _ the last year or so. chris, we have been showing viewers pictures - the last year or so. chris, we have i been showing viewers pictures from downing street where this cabinet reshuffle is now under way. as you mention, the prime minister is trying to probably reframe his government, take control of the government. but up to now he has made several attempts at appealing to voters, is at the conservative party conference, with the king's speech, what can you do now with the cabinet reshuffle? how do you think you might be trying to get voters' attention ahead of elections in the next few months? br; attention ahead of elections in the next few months?— next few months? by doing things that crab next few months? by doing things that grab attention _ next few months? by doing things that grab attention and _ next few months? by doing things that grab attention and demand i that grab attention and demand attention and command people's intrigue. i think what is interesting this morning, notjust the sacking of the home secretary which is always a big deal in any government at any time, but we have seenin government at any time, but we have seen in the last half an hourjames cleverly the foreign secretary, also one of the biggestjobs in government, going in to talk to the prime minister and he is in conversation with the prime minister right now, i'm told. and then i think i mentioned the arrival of david cameron, the former prime minister going into downing street whilst a reshuffle is under way. if david cameron were to emerge from this reshuffle with a seniorjob in government, which the choreography in the street would indicate is about to happen, my goodness, that would grab attention. my goodness that would be seen to be unconventional to put it gently. the last foreign secretary in the house of lords, because that's how david cameron would take a job in government were he to be offered one, you have to become a member of the upper chamber, whereas lord carrington, back in the late 70s and early 80s, who knows which job carrington, back in the late 70s and early 80s, who knows whichjob if any david cameron might find himself taking, or being offered. one assumes a former prime minister who was offered a job back in government is going to take a pretty silly one given the previousjob is going to take a pretty silly one given the previous job they held in government was the top job. we are into the realms of speculation now, we await the front door opening and the departure of mr cameron and indeed james cleverly to see what job they have. but if his appearance, david cameron cosmic appearance, david cameron cosmic appearance in the street, is not a coincidence, and it would seem one heck of a coincidence for a former prime minister to roll up half way through a government reshuffle in front of all the cameras, that is a headline that will capture attention, that will be very noticeable and very newsworthy. and so from rishi sunak a's perspective, an attempt to say look at what i'm willing to do to assembly broad conservative government of all the talents as he might describe it, bringing back big names of the last decade or so, to attempt to change the political weather. he's got to try something, rishi sunak. the politics of right now demands that he does that because he is miles behind in the opinion polls. if there is an election tomorrow, the expectation is that he would lose. the expectation of plenty of conservative ministers and plenty of other senior conservatives privately is that defeat looks highly likely. and therefore, trying something, trying anything, that might change that potential sequence of events from rishi sunak�*s perspective, is perhaps worth a go. not least because he has had senior people saying to him for quite a long time, look, prime minister, what you are doing is simply not enough. they point to his conference speech of a little over a month ago and safe you announced policies like the scrapping of the hs2 northern leg, like the raising of the legal smoking age, they might all be well and good, said people to him privately, but don't add up to a coherent programme that will demand attention, and plenty of internal critics said exactly the same about the king's speech, the state opening of parliament, the idea is for government policy for the next year orso government policy for the next year or so last week. a reshuffle of the magnitude that it looks like we are witnessing this morning, who knows can mightjust have that capacity to change the political weather. that is certainly the calculation in number 10. is certainly the calculation in numberio. let's is certainly the calculation in number 10. let's see where we get to as the announcements are made this morning. as the announcements are made this morninu. . ~ as the announcements are made this morninu. ., ~ ,., as the announcements are made this morninu. ., ~ y., , as the announcements are made this morninu. . ~ ,, , . morning. thank you very much. the thou~hts morning. thank you very much. the thoughts of — morning. thank you very much. the thoughts of our _ morning. thank you very much. the thoughts of our political _ morning. thank you very much. the thoughts of our political editor - thoughts of our political editor there chris mason. and just a reminder of the breaking news this morning. the uk's prime minister rishi sunak has sacked his home secretary suella braverman. this is after she wrote a newspaper article in which she criticised the way in which pro—palestinian protests had been police. downing street, the prime minister's office, had not approved parts of that article. for more on this let's go and live to our home affairs corresponding daniel sandford. daniel, it was comments that she made about policing, particularly around protests, as we mentioned there, that really forced the prime minister to sack her.- that really forced the prime minister to sack her. yeah, she was an unconventional— minister to sack her. yeah, she was an unconventional home _ minister to sack her. yeah, she was an unconventional home secretary. an unconventional home secretary from the very beginning, not least of all because she managed to get herself sacked within a few weeks of taking the job, herself sacked within a few weeks of taking thejob, was briefly herself sacked within a few weeks of taking the job, was briefly out of thejob and then taking the job, was briefly out of the job and then was reappointed in a deal with rishi sunak where she promised that her part of the party would support him if she was reappointed to thejob would support him if she was reappointed to the job of home secretary. normally home secretary is our firm but are then careful about the words that they use. but suella braverman right from the beginning was almost deliberately not careful about the words that she used. she spoke at the first party conference when she was home secretary about it was her dream, her obsession to see a plane taking off to rwanda with people who had crossed the channel on small boats on board. she talked about the opposition parties being a coalition of chaos, guardian reading, tofu eating wokerati. she talked about people crossing the channel on small boats as invasion of our southern coast. she talked about the fact that there were 100 million people in the world who might qualify for protection under the uk asylum laws and then said let's be clear, they are coming here, and then she talked about a potential hurricane as a result of global migration movements. so all of that meant that rather than being somebody who was measured in her words in this very senior office of state, she was very much part of the culture wars while in that office of state. and then came the israel gaza conflict and there weekly marches through london every saturday. what there weekly marches through london every saturday-— every saturday. what do you think the im act every saturday. what do you think the impact of _ every saturday. what do you think the impact of her _ every saturday. what do you think the impact of her statements - every saturday. what do you think| the impact of her statements were first of all as home secretary on policing, but also more broadly in british society? i policing, but also more broadly in british society?— british society? i think certainly, rather than. .. _ british society? i think certainly, rather than. .. the _ british society? i think certainly, rather than. .. the job _ british society? i think certainly, rather than. .. the job of - british society? i think certainly, rather than. .. the job of the - british society? i think certainly, i rather than. .. the job of the home rather than... thejob of the home secretary is partly to make sure that society remains coherent, that it does not get fractured, that it doesn't become more violent. that's part of the home secretary's job. i think there are certainly those in policing who felt that she was adding to the tensions even before the events of israel and gaza. but when the events of israel and gaza took place and she started talking about hate marches, and responding to quite a lot of concern on the right about what was happening on those marches and the kind of slogans being chanted on those marches, she started putting pressure on the police to try and ban the marches. that was when there was this sense in many quarters of policing that she was sort of overstepping that mark of work she ought to be playing an advisory, taking in the background, expressing to the police concerns about things that she felt they ought to be doing and dealing with, rather she went on the front foot, essentially demanding that the commission of the metropolitan police banned the march that was taking place over remembrance weekend. when sir mark rowley looked at the evidence and assessed that actually legally, he felt, that that wasn't something that was possible to do, rather than accepting that, she then talked in her times article about the police playing favourites. that's when we essentially saw this public fracturing between the home secretary and the police's ability to respond to what she was asking. i think after that we went from a situation where the home secretary who had worked quite well with the police to a situation where the home secretary and the police were almost at daggers drawn. the police felt that they couldn't really speak out and it was left to former police officers to make the case for operational independence of the police. but i do think that became a very difficult situation between the secretary of state who has responsibility for the police and the police officers who had the job of carrying out policing in a very difficult moment. because there are very, very strong feelings running on both sides, and what everyone needed was for things to calm down and actually what happened on saturday was that the march, the pro—palestinian march, was arguably bigger than it might otherwise have been. but also the far right elements turned out, and of course some of the more violent scenes that we saw on saturday were actually the police trying to keep some counter—protesters away from the ceremonial area around whitehall and the cenotaph. and although you can't necessarily draw a direct line, there are certainly many people who do draw a direct line between those events on saturday and what suella braverman had been saying in the days before. braverman had been saying in the days before-— braverman had been saying in the da s before. ~ . ,, ~' days before. what you think the will be from the — days before. what you think the will be from the police _ days before. what you think the will be from the police leadership? - be from the police leadership? obviously they were under a lot of pressure last week in the lead up to the weekend's march? in pressure last week in the lead up to the weekend's march?— pressure last week in the lead up to the weekend's march? in the end they alwa s deal the weekend's march? in the end they always deal with _ the weekend's march? in the end they always deal with whoever _ the weekend's march? in the end they always deal with whoever is _ the weekend's march? in the end they always deal with whoever is home - always deal with whoever is home secretary and whoever is prime minister. in some ways the pressures don't go away at all and rishi sunak has gone on talking about his concerns about the marches and the kind of slogans that are being chanted on the marches and the kind of placards that are being held. i don't think the pressure is going to go away and there will be ongoing concern about whether everybody on those big marches are expressing concern about the risk to civilians and children from the israeli air attacks, and the israeli ground attack, and people feeling that those marches are people calling for an end of the israeli state and making jewish people living in the uk feel very uncomfortable. that's not going to go away. but i think what will go away with a new home secretary is the desire to sort of pour fuel on those flames, which seems to be what has been going on over the last ten days, and more likely given that rishi sunak has made the decision that he needs to change home secretary, presumably the next home secretary will try and take a slightly different position while going on expressing concern about some of the slogans and the banners on the marches might perhaps take a slightly different position with how they deal with the police and how they ask the police to handle those marches, which is what brought all this to a head in the end. it was the sense that she had all but ordered the police to ban the march, the police felt they couldn't, then we ended up in almost an unsustainable position over the weekend, and ultimately that has led to rishi sunak making the decision this morning that she can't go on as home secretary. it leaves the home office with yet another home secretary. in the last 15 or so months we have had priti patel, then suella braverman, then she got sacked, then we had grant shapps briefly, then suella braverman again. today we are waiting to hear who will take over. so this is an office where ideally you have people serving for several years in post. there have been times in the new labour years when the post changed hands quite often because the secretary of state had to keep having to resign because of errors being made in their department. i am ra'ini being made in their department. lam rajini vaidyanathan, live in downing street. it's been a busy morning since news broke that rishi sunak had sacked his home secretary suella braverman. we had seenjames cleverly mother foreign secretary, and former prime minister david cameron. i'mjoined by our chief political correspondent henry zeffman to discuss this further. quite a remarkable morning. we will talk about the sacking in a minute but let's talk about the comings and goings in downing street we have witnessed. ., ., , witnessed. david cameron turning up in an armoured _ witnessed. david cameron turning up in an armoured car— witnessed. david cameron turning up in an armoured car walking _ witnessed. david cameron turning up in an armoured car walking into - witnessed. david cameron turning up in an armoured car walking into 10 i in an armoured car walking into 10 downing street. if that had taken place on the usual political date you might think he's making a social visit to his former workplace, his former home, might think he is giving the prime minister is an informal device but when it is taking place on the morning of a government reshuffle, well, as part of a sort of cliched choreography of reshuffles that only means one thing, david cameron isjoining the government, and that is an extraordinary development. the last former prime minister to go back into government was 60 odd years ago, alec douglas hume. it is a significant move by rishi sunak and it certainly moves us quite fast on from what we should still dwell alone which is the actual and everything he should do my did this morning which is sacked as home secretary this morning. we morning which is sacked as home secretary this morning.— morning which is sacked as home secretary this morning. we had all been hearing _ secretary this morning. we had all been hearing over _ secretary this morning. we had all been hearing over the _ secretary this morning. we had all been hearing over the weekend i secretary this morning. we had all been hearing over the weekend it| secretary this morning. we had all. been hearing over the weekend it was going to come. what do you think was the trigger in the end? i going to come. what do you think was the trigger in the end?— the trigger in the end? i think it was about _ the trigger in the end? i think it was about his _ the trigger in the end? i think it was about his authority - the trigger in the end? i think it was about his authority rather. the trigger in the end? i think it i was about his authority rather than the substance of the argument over the substance of the argument over the last few days. cast your mind back to thursday, suella braverman road and incendiary article in the times effectively accusing the police of going soft on the pro—palestinian protests. there are plenty of people in the conservative party at the top of government to agree with that case, perhaps they wouldn't have put it so forcefully, perhaps elements of what she said they didn't agree with but the thing i think that really did for her it turned out she hadn't cleared the article with downing street. they knew she was writing an article in the times but asked her to amend it in various ways and she didn't. that's really about rishi sunak�*s authority and i think if you have left her in place it would have made him look extremely weak and also he and his supporters would have worried it would have licensed other cabinet ministers to push it to commit to do things like that, and as a prime minister that is not something you can abide. she as a prime minister that is not something you can abide. she is no stranuer something you can abide. she is no stranger to — something you can abide. she is no stranger to attracting _ something you can abide. she is no stranger to attracting the _ stranger to attracting the headlines, some would say controversy. why now? how has she not survive this latest crisis? to some not survive this latest crisis? tr? some degree it was an accumulation of things. rememberjust a few days before the row that broke out on thursday she was at the heart of a political row, this time on her comments on homeless people, suggesting that being homeless was a lifestyle choice for some people. that really angered conservative mps and government ministers again. i think there was so much frustration building up among the conservative party and among the cabinet that whenever one of them went on the media to talk to someone like us about whatever they were doing that day we would say before you come to that, when can we ask about what suella braverman said today? i think at a certain point rishi sunak evidentlyjust at a certain point rishi sunak evidently just concluded at a certain point rishi sunak evidentlyjust concluded that that was too much of a distraction from the business of government and would rather have somebody else in the job. it rather have somebody else in the 'ob. , , ., ., ., rather have somebody else in the 'ob. , ., ., , , job. it is important to remember she is --oular job. it is important to remember she is popular amongst _ job. it is important to remember she is popular amongst the _ job. it is important to remember she | is popular amongst the rank-and-file is popular amongst the rank—and—file of the party. we saw the reaction she got at party conference, for example. this was a difficult calculation for the prime minister, i suspect. i calculation for the prime minister, i susect. , ,, . calculation for the prime minister, isusect. , ,, . ., i suspect. i suspect it was and he would have _ i suspect. i suspect it was and he would have made _ i suspect. i suspect it was and he would have made the _ i suspect. i suspect it was and he would have made the decision i i suspect. i suspect it was and he would have made the decision to| i suspect. i suspect it was and he i would have made the decision to sack her in the knowledge she could prove a thorn in his side from the backbenches. i suspect she will instantly become the sort of de facto leader of the right—wing caucus of mps and they will hold his feet to the fire on all sorts of issues, all source of home affairs issues, all source of home affairs issues which were once part of her brief. but i think again, worth remembering, i don't think the policy difference between rishi sunak and suella braverman was vast, in fact on many issues they were in the same place. it was about tone, it was about rhetoric, and also about the straightforward business of a senior member of government having to obey the prime minister's wishes, and she hadn't done that. irate wishes, and she hadn't done that. we keep looking at the door as it opens and closes. these moments are quite exciting for those of us who cover politics in downing street. i am hearing potentiallyjames politics in downing street. i am hearing potentially james cleverly. that man is not a government minister but the head of the foreign office, the cabinet secretary of the foreign office and i suspect he is going on there to meet his new foreign secretary because i think thatis foreign secretary because i think that is the job that david cameron is going to go into. i doubt that david cameron, former prime minister, in many ways probably has a nice life, would want to come back to deal with what is a really complex business of how the met police is different protests. i think he has come in to go back to the world stage that of because he inhabited as prime minister and philip barton i suspect is going on there to me david cameron and escort him back through there to the foreign office where in an extraordinary development it looks like david cameron will be the secretary of state. irate like david cameron will be the secretary of state.— like david cameron will be the secretary of state. we may see him come out of — secretary of state. we may see him come out of the _ secretary of state. we may see him come out of the door— secretary of state. we may see him come out of the door again. - secretary of state. we may see him come out of the door again. i i come out of the door again. i covered british politics when he was prime minister and didn't expect to see on the steps of number 10 again. me neither. i5 see on the steps of number 10 again. me neither. , . . see on the steps of number 10 again. me neither. , ., ., _, , , me neither. is that a completely left-field move _ me neither. is that a completely left-field move having _ me neither. is that a completely left-field move having david i me neither. is that a completely i left-field move having david cameron left—field move having david cameron back in? i left-field move having david cameron back in? ~ �* , left-field move having david cameron back in? ~ �*, ., .,, ., back in? i think it's about as far left as you _ back in? i think it's about as far left as you can _ back in? i think it's about as far left as you can get _ back in? i think it's about as far left as you can get on _ back in? i think it's about as far left as you can get on the i back in? i think it's about as far left as you can get on the left i left as you can get on the left field. it is extraordinary and i suspect rishi sunak will think this is a time of global crisis, the middle east of course but not forgetting ukraine. he will be thinking rishi sunak doesn't have an awful lot of policy experience, he was in the government as chancellor for years, was in the government as chancellor foryears, but was in the government as chancellor for years, but that's not the same as dealing with the diplomatic nitty—gritty. if you have been prime minister for nitty—gritty. if you have been prime ministerfor any nitty—gritty. if you have been prime minister for any length of time you do end up doing a lot of the summit summit trips and diplomatic gladhanding that foreign secretaries also do. perhaps that is his thinking, he can basically leave that to david cameron. but a lot of things have changed in foreign policy since david cameron was prime minister. when david cameron was prime minister the uk was a member of the eu obviously but it bears repeating that he argued very forcefully for the uk's global interests it ought to remain a member of the european union, that's why he left politics in 2016. and other things, why he left politics in 2016. and otherthings, david why he left politics in 2016. and other things, david cameron spoke of a golden age of the uk chinese relations when he was prime minister. the politics of that has moved significantly and i think there will be some conservative mps uneasy about his position on that element of foreign policy, i should stress it is not confirmed that david cameron is the new foreign policy no minister but that's my assumption and the current foreign secretary, they haven't done the deed yet, james cleverly, will probably become the new home secretary replacing suella braverman. he secretary replacing suella braverman.— secretary replacing suella braverman. ., . , secretary replacing suella braverman. ., , ., braverman. he may have 'ust gone in for a cup of — braverman. he may have 'ust gone in fora cup of tea. * braverman. he may have 'ust gone in for a cup of tea, we i braverman. he may havejust gone in for a cup of tea, we never— braverman. he may havejust gone in for a cup of tea, we never know. i braverman. he may havejust gone in for a cup of tea, we never know. we l for a cup of tea, we never know. we will speak to our home editor mark easton but stay with us and keep watching the door in the meantime. as i wasjust watching the door in the meantime. as i was just saying, we are joined by our home editor mark easton. this sacking of the home secretary comes days before the supreme court was due to make a decision on the very controversial rwanda policy. if there is one regret for suella braverman, because i think she has manufactured the situation where her sacking had become inevitable, her regret will be not to be imposed on wednesday. if the government won in the supreme court, she said back in october, i'd love to have a front page of the telegraph with a plane taking off to rwanda, my dream, my obsession. she is somebody who has nailed her colours to the rwanda policy mast, and i think it would be a disappointment for her that she is not in post. a hugely important day for the government. if they win that will be evidence that their policy is the right one and the best one to deal with the small boats crisis. where they to lose, which would take us into different political territory, suella braverman is well known to be somebody who thinks the uk should leave