Thread by @allthecitizens

🔴NEW: Is the new-old Home Secretary’s position already untenable again?

Suella #Braverman’s repeated use of private email to conduct government business represents a shocking disregard for the rules. 🧵

The Home Secretary has now admitted to having sent government documents to her personal Email address six times during her first stint on the Job, under Liz Truss.

A position she was in for only 43 days - averaging one Email per week.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

This is in addition to the breach that led to her first resignation.

Downing St. said of the breaches that “clearly there was an error of judgement and she has taken responsibility”, adding that Prime Minister Sunak has “full confidence” in her.

Initially, Braverman stated that “as soon as I realised my mistake I rapidly reported this on official channels and informed the cabinet secretary”, but these claims have been contradicted by, among other things, her own chronology of events:
thetimes.co.uk/article/suella…

She is due to give a statement to the commons after 5pm today.

Dame Diana Johnson, chair of the home affairs committee, has said that “she’s got to deal with this because until this is dealt with she can’t get on and do the job of Home Secretary”.
theguardian.com/politics/live/…

But this isn’t the issue being raised when assessing her suitability for her role as Home Secretary...

It was also recently revealed that she was, in January, ‘probed over a national security leak’ relating to an injunction reportedly being sought by Braverman to stop the BBC from identifying a spy accused of abusing his position.
independent.co.uk/independentpre…

MI5 were reportedly “concerned” about how the info had become public.

As reported by @openDemocracy, Braverman has also recently refused to accept the findings of a cross-party report that highlighted that internal failings, not a rise in migrant crossings, were to blame for the breakdown of the government Asylum system:
opendemocracy.net/en/suella-brav…

The report explained that the need to clear the backlog was crucial to fixing the problem, but the Home Office rejected this, saying its highest priority was to “deter and reduce immigration”.

The department has been found to be operating at a “glacial pace” in processing.

She’s also facing scrutiny for ‘ignoring advice’ that keeping asylum seekers at a processing centre near Manston, and blocking transfers, risked breaking the law.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

The decision led directly to overcrowding and outbreaks of scabies and diphtheria at the facility. Sources told @thetimes that “she was refusing to allow anyone to leave Manston, even though the numbers were well above capacity”

Charities have decried the treatment as “inhumane”