{"id":121264,"date":"2023-11-13T08:59:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T08:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=121264"},"modified":"2023-11-13T08:59:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T08:59:25","slug":"defence-minister-throws-suella-braverman-under-the-bus-ahead-of-likely-reshuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/politics\/defence-minister-throws-suella-braverman-under-the-bus-ahead-of-likely-reshuffle\/","title":{"rendered":"Defence minister throws Suella Braverman under the bus ahead of likely reshuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Suella Braverman\u2019s claims of police bias not signed off by Downing Street<\/h3>\n

A senior minister appeared to throw the Home Secretary under a bus this morning, by claiming her words may have encouraged violent far-right thugs out onto the streets of London on Saturday.<\/p>\n

James Heappey, the armed forces minister, said Ms Braverman\u2019s claim that the Palestine protests are \u201chate marches\u201d was not \u201centirely\u201d responsible for the Tommy Robinson-led counter-march.<\/p>\n

His words therefore implied that the Home Secretary was partly responsible for the thuggery next to the Cenotaph.<\/p>\n

Mr Heappey told Times Radio: \u201cI wouldn’t have used some of the words that the Home Secretary used in her article.<\/p>\n

“But I also think that it would be incorrect to say that those protests, the counter-protests, were entirely a consequence of what she wrote.”<\/p>\n

READ MORE: <\/strong> Braverman fighting for political life with Sunak poised to wield axe in hours<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mr Heappey added he was \u201cdisgusted\u201d by the far right who \u201cturned up spoiling for a fight\u201d.<\/p>\n

The senior minister’s words come ahead of an expected reshuffle from No. 10, one which Ms Braverman may not survive.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister faced growing calls to sack the home secretary over the weekend, following her unauthorised Times op-ed last week.<\/p>\n

Mr Heappey\u2019s boss, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, failed to say whether or not Ms Braverman will still be in her post come the end of this week.<\/p>\n

Yesterday he merely said: \u201cA week\u2019s a long time in politics.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Government source told the Express: \u201cWe are not 100 percent sure but it is looking like a reshuffle [on Monday]\u201d.<\/p>\n

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