‘Suella Braverman has no credibility or authority left to do her most significant job’

Remembrance weekend is a crucial time for communities to return collectively to replicate on the sacrifices that maintain our nation protected and to indicate respect to 1 one other.

That is what hundreds of thousands of us did on the two minute silence yesterday in cities and cities and can do once more at Remembrance Services in the present day. But the scenes we noticed round Whitehall yesterday, with far-right teams and supporters throwing missiles on the police, preventing, shouting and attempting to get all the way down to the Cenotaph throughout Armistice occasions have been a complete shame.

We additionally noticed appalling examples of antisemitism, intimidation and help for Hamas on London streets which we condemn within the strongest phrases. Those liable for violence and hate crimes should face the total pressure of the legislation and the police can have all our help in doing so.

But as a substitute of working with the police within the run as much as this weekend, the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman intentionally selected to assault the them and inflame tensions in essentially the most irresponsible method. I warned her that what she was doing was harmful and would encourage extremists to take advantage of the state of affairs.

No different Home Secretary would ever have carried out what Suella Braverman did – whipping up hostility to the police and intentionally selling division round Remembrance Day. The occasions across the Armistice yesterday make it clear why.

The job of the police is to maintain order and implement the legislation. The job of the Home Secretary is to help them and to deliver communities collectively. Suella Braverman has no remaining credibility or authority to try this very important job. A Home Secretary who doesn’t take critically the safety of our streets is barely allowed to remain in submit as a result of the Government has given up on governing and is letting our nation down.