Summary
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Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman discusses her new book 'Patriot' and explains why she left the Conservative Party to join Reform UK. She provides explosive revelations about Rishi Sunak's private views on immigration, details the Conservative government's failures on border security, and argues that the ECHR must be abandoned to stop illegal migration. Braverman also addresses Reform's challenges, the importance of British identity, and warns about the UK's declining birth rate.
Why the Conservative Government Failed Britain
Braverman pulls no punches in condemning the last Conservative government's betrayal of its promises. She recounts how she repeatedly urged action on small boats, illegal immigration, and Islamism as Home Secretary, only to be blocked by Rishi Sunak, Jeremy Hunt, and other senior Conservatives. She reveals that despite the public rhetoric and press conferences, behind closed doors the leadership fundamentally lacked the political will to implement the necessary solutions. This institutional cowardice and deceit, she argues, has damaged the country irreparably.
- Braverman wrote the book for people furious with the Conservative and Labour governments for the damage they've done to Britain
- She tried repeatedly as Home Secretary to get the Conservative government to act on small boats, visas, Islamism, and anti-Semitism but was refused
- Conservative leaders including Rishi, Jeremy Hunt, Kemi Badenoch, and Tom Tugendhat share the same tactics of promising big but delivering small
- From Cameron through May, Boris, Rishi, and Kemi, it's different faces but the same family - the same deceit and modus operandi
" I am liberated to speak honestly against what I see as institutional cowardice and deceit, frankly. I said it internally time and time again when I was Home Secretary, when I was holding a great office of state, the most senior woman in the government, trying to get the Conservative government to do the right thing on small boats, on visas, on Islamism, on anti-Semitism, on our streets. And it refused time and time again. "
Rishi Sunak's Shocking Private Views on Small Boats
In perhaps the most explosive revelation of the interview, Braverman discloses that when Rishi Sunak was Chancellor, he privately told her he didn't understand why people were upset about illegal boat crossings because those migrants come to work and that's good for the economy. This stunning admission reveals the fundamental disconnect between Conservative leadership and public concerns about illegal immigration, and explains why the government never seriously attempted to stop the boats despite public promises.
- Throughout history, protecting borders would have been seen as possibly the only responsibility of the state and certainly its primary responsibility
- Braverman was bound by a Prime Minister who didn't really want to stop the boats and took a very liberal view on migration
- Rishi Sunak privately said 'why are so many people upset about the boats? These people come here and work. That's good for the economy.'
- Braverman failed to stop the boats because she lacked support from the PM, Chancellor, and Cabinet who lacked political will
" I was bound by a Prime Minister who didn't really want to stop the boats. He takes a very liberal view on migration, which is why he didn't want to cut immigration. He was ambivalent about stopping the boats. I mean, he once privately said to me that, why are so many people upset about the boats? These people come here and work. That's good for the economy. "
" Rishi Sunak said this to you? Of course, yeah. He said that to me when he was chancellor. When Rishi Sunak was chancellor, he said, I don't understand why people are upset about the boats. These people come here and work. "
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