Wednesday 26 October 2022

Yesterday's men and women

 My hopes of last Monday have been dashed. Not only has Suella Braverman, the supreme advocate of banning all immigration (except presumably Indians under a deal with Modi) and public demonstrations, been reappointed Home Secretary. At the same time, Dominic Raab has been brought back to the Ministry of Justice. At the time of his appointment as Foreign Secretary, it was reported that "Dominic Raab is on record as being against the so-called 'values agenda' – code for human rights – and has almost always voted against any development of anti-prejudice and discrimination laws". 

Elsewhere, old faces have been brought back, often to their previous Departments, presumably in the interests of continuity and competence. But the appointments which affect civil society go beyond that and suggest that Sunak wants to stifle dissent and at the same time continue feeding red meat to the racist element of Tory support.



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