Ex-minister on Suella Braverman's role in the Government's controversial small boats Bill: 💬 '...She is the one who attracts all of the ammunition on this. Rishi is able to use her as a bit of a shield to get this through'
It is part of a division of labour in the Cabinet which is mutually beneficial to two of its biggest players, with Mrs Braverman playing a role in Cabinet as the tough, hardline operator in a way that is useful to both her and the PM.
A former Cabinet minister puts it more bluntly, viewing Mrs Braverman as Mr Sunak’s lightning rod as he tries to win back both Red Wall and Blue Wall voters that deserted the Tories in recent months.: “In many ways she is pretty useful to Rishi, because she is the one who attracts all of the ammunition on this.“He’s the good cop, to her bad cop.
However, there is a furious blame game among senior Tories, with previous Home Office ministers also being blamed by sources in Whitehall.
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