Thread by @gemmagould

This is who is Home Sec. In no particular order and in no way complete a 🧵/1
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In 2019 for a speech for the Bruges Group she claimed that Britain was engaged in a battle against “Cultural Marxism” – a term that refers to an anti-Semitic far right conspiracy theory and a theory in the manifesto of Mass Murderer Anders Breivik /2

In Oct 2022 she said it was her “dream” and “obsession” to see people deported to Rwanda. The first attempted flight had led to refugees being restrained and attached to plane seats after self-harming and threatening suicide /3

She was forced to resign, merely a week ago, after being found to have sent an official document from her personal account thus breaching the ministerial code. /4

She is a member of a religious sect whose founder who they revere, was a known and well documented sex offender /5

She drew criticism for stating “the largest group of people who over stay their welcome are Indians” subsequently putting at risk a trade deal with India /6

She is on record as stating “The British Empire was a force for good” and that she is “proud of the British Empire” /7

She is the ex chair of the ERG and is fiercely pro Brexit despite herself having benefitted from the Erasmus programme /8

She claimed Britain has a “benefits streets culture” despite herself claiming well over £150k in expenses – tell me who is actually a drain on the welfare state, me thinks the lady doth protest too much /9

She caused a backlash from Universities after claiming that international students were “bringing in family members who can piggyback onto their student visa” and drew up plans to limit international student visas /10

She accused her peers of a Coup regarding the opposition of Tory MPs to Truss’ plans to scrap the top tax rate drawing fury from them. /11

Went on a rant against her political opponents describing them as the “the coalition of chaos” and subsequently stating that “the Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati, dare I say, the anti-growth coalition” were behind the climate protests. /12

She claimed to have contributed towards a legal textbook. The authors have said this is untrue /13

As AG she banned lawyers from telling ministers that policies were unlawful /14

She has stated that she wished to withdraw the UK from the ECHR /15

Attacked her own government and party in her resignation letter see below /16

In 2015 she quoted Eric Posner’s theory on Brazil’s right to use torture stating “"the police in the name of crime prevention. They justify this by putting a general right to live free from crime and intimidation above their rights of those who are tortured." /17

further to the above She stated “To correct the imbalance, perhaps we should adopt a Universal Declaration of Responsibilities and Duties, to be read in tandem with that on Human Rights?” /18

She caused backlash when she stated that it was lawful for school to deadname and misgender trans pupils, and prevent them from accessing toilets, sports teams and dormitories, or wearing uniforms, that match their gender. /19

Despite claiming to be pro gay marriage and pro a woman’s right to choose she voted against an amendment to NI abortion laws /20

when questioned in HoC about Johnson's Law breaking while the investigation was ongoing she went on a rant I would just say that fundamental to the rule of law is also democracy: and I'm very proud to be supporting this PM, a PM who's honoured democracy by delivering Brexit. /21

Sources:
theguardian.com/news/2019/mar/…
inews.co.uk/news/suella-br…
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
theguardian.com/politics/2020/…
theguardian.com/society/2022/m…
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/suella-b…
eastdevonwatch.org/2022/07/14/tor…
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi… /22