Suella Braverman resigns as Home Secretary
She resigned after using her personal email to send an official document
Last updated 19th Oct 2022
Suella Braverman has resigned as Home Secretary. In her resignation letter, which she published on Twitter she criticised Liz Truss’s “tumultuous” premiership.
The popular figure among the Tory right told Ms Truss she had made a “technical infringement” of the rules by sending an official document from a personal email and was now taking responsibility.
“I have made a mistake; I accept responsibility; I resign,” she wrote in a barely-coded dig at the Prime Minister whose disastrous mini-budget sparked financial turmoil.
In her resignation letter, she added: “The business of government relies upon people accepting responsibility for their mistakes.
“Pretending we haven’t made mistakes, carrying on as if everyone can’t see that we have made them, and hoping that things will magically come right is not serious politics.
“It is obvious to everyone that we are going through a tumultuous time.”
Ms Braverman, a former contender for the Tory leadership, also said she has “concerns about the direction of this Government”, warning that ministers have “broken key pledges” to voters.
Ms Braverman's departure as home secretary is the latest in a "carousel of Conservative chaos", the Liberal Democrats have said.
Grant Shapps has replaced Braverman as Home Secretary.
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