Braverman criticises the Tories' missed opportunities while in government

Suella Braverman has criticised the Conservative Party’s record in office, arguing the party allowed immigration to “spiral out of control” and supported “farcical gimmicks” like the proposed smoking bans.
Speaking over Zoom to the Popcon event, the former home secretary started by acknowledging the scale of the party’s defeat. She said Conservatives had “lost across all types of demographics”.
Criticising the party’s missed opportunities while in government, she said: “We were going to use our Brexit freedoms to stop the waves of illegal migrants landing on our shores; we were going to cut taxes; we were going to lower overall illegal migration; we were going to stop the lunatic woke virus making its way through the British state.”
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[@BillyTheKid-l5j]

She's wasting her time sticking with the defunct party ! get yourself over to REFORM !

[@spanishpeaches2930]

Not a chance she should ever be allowed in Reform.

[@rikiruru1076]

No thanks! She would do what she's doing now attack her own party.

[@dianamincher6479]

She is poison to Reform too

[@josephinebrevig8748]

That’s where she rightly belongs.

[@prakashgosai1186]

So she could backstab more people

[@raymondcottle5554]

Not missed opportunities, more like total negligence. One of the worst CONservative pm’s ever.

[@billienomates1606]

She needs to join the REFORM party for the good of the country and its citizens.

[@dianamincher6479]

Nigel doesn't want the poison plant!

[@sjones9180]

She needs to join reform for the good of the Tory party!

[@truebrit3578]

Not sure she fits the profile most Reform voters like. One of course is that she is a not a man, the other is

[@JohnnyWaterbucket]

Of course nothings her fault, it was all the others.

[@user-sq7nk9us6f]

Suella and Jenrick deserve each other. The country deserves far better. We need a competent opposition not repugnant ego driven dramas.

[@susanroberts9218]

Suella get away from the Tories and join Reform 😊😊😊😊

[@yetidodger6650]

I think she's the wrong colour for that tbh.

[@andyaim4764]

Irony is her suggestion to absorb Farage into the tory party was her downfall…. That and her involvement in the Rwanda fiasco.

[@andyaim4764]

@@susanroberts9218 ah I see my comment was deleted, let’s try again. Cruella lost her tory support when she suggested Farage be accepted into the party.

[@theRab1609]

​@@Davy247liar

[@yetidodger6650]

@@Davy247 but her parents weren't they wouldn't have been welcome?

[@uriurg9857]

Braverman is GREAT. Hope she will continue to help UK. I can see her as PM!

[@josephinebrevig8748]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@juliegwilliam8503]

Why no mention of what you done to the country during COVID! 30,000 elderly were murdered! 😢

[@WesternWomanUK]

They did not cause Covid, blame the Chinese - who would have wanted to be in power then

[@landcruiser801]

Go on... explain that fully

[@willhall4037]

Accepting responsibility. It's a first step. There is honesty there too. I wish her luck in her personal journey. BUT, I will never again vote for the tory party. I will never forget, I will never forgive.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Torys are the political wing of international finance capitalism and haven't conserved anything from 1945.

[@cjpaterson8241]

Join the reform party you got my vote

[@artsamuel2907]

No one missed Cruella after she was Sacked!

[@dale7385]

Blah blah blah blah… I didn’t vote Conservative because you made this country a mess

[@christiano8088]

And you think Labour will be better? Let's see.

[@dale7385]

@@christiano8088 Can’t do no worse than them tin pot idiots

[@MrChriss000]

They did nothing cos THEY DID NOT AGREE with what they were promising to STAY IN POWER and make money from their corporate chums.

[@user-ur2ej4ul8t]

suella if you joined reform I would back you.

[@MrYossarianuk]

Many racist supporters wouldn't

[@max20817]

Not another sunak she is Indian doesn't belong to reform

[@crayontom9687]

They don’t like immigrants though

[@OmanRather]

​@@crayontom9687that's a lie suella love this country not hate it

[@Wazier196]

@@crayontom9687that’s not true. They just against swamping the country and system in ridiculous numbers

[@shatner500]

Finaly some truth😮

[@geoffg1696]

It's called dereliction of duty and you all need to face prosecution for putting so many Women in direct danger

[@LuzDoSol-yr5bv]

Someone fired twice by the same party, talking about losing opportunities. I hear you! 😂😂

[@dianamincher6479]

Sacked for security breaches and for gross disloyalty and negligence in respect of the London Constabulary and for creating fraudulent chaos? The Conservative Party should expel the poison plant!

[@josephinebrevig8748]

Ikr …..😂😂😂

[@LuzDoSol-yr5bv]

@@josephinebrevig8748 😂😂😂

[@andyaim4764]

You are criticising yourself out of any meaningful position in politics!! Well done 😊👏

[@Luzitanium]

wrong, she criticized while in government and she was fired.

[@TuanTran-pc5du]

What a load of cobblers this woman never stops…

[@user-qi5mh3pq1p]

SUELLA PLEASE 🙏 😢 JUST THINK , YOU BE GOOD 👍 LADY WITH THE REST MINDSET 🙏 FOR REFORM PARTY 🥳 🎉 🙏

[@chris6559]

Cruel, self serving and bigoted, yeah she’ll fit nicely.

[@chris6559]

Cruel, and bi99otted enough but unfortunately the wrong colour.

[@WillScarlet1991]

If you join Reform, I'll leave.

[@billgreen4388]

You do realise, you’d have been in power forever,if you’d done what you’d promised.

[@josephinebrevig8748]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@voice.of.reason]

She knows that, but the wet Tories don't

[@Kooree-lc1zc]

Zero self awareness.

[@dodgynumber7533]

You may have been going to do all of those things Suella…..but Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt weren’t. That’s where you went wrong - you were wasted in the Conservative Party Join The Reform Party and help get the UK back on an even keel. It’s heading for the rocks, with a limp lettuce leaf at the helm!

[@josephinebrevig8748]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@nevillespence6101]

Suella, its over for the tories , you are a real Conservative , JOIN REFORM

[@Billy_Bunter]

Missed opportunities. You completely missed the bus.

[@rebelruth9582]

If Sunak had come up with genuine, strict, workable policies to stop the boats he would have romped home with a massive majority. Now, all hope is lost. Labour don't even pretend tbey want to stop illegal immigration. Shameful

[@josephinebrevig8748]

😂😂😂😂

[@voice.of.reason]

The Tories never wanted to stop the boats. They said tough things, but did zero, taking the public for fools

[@gordygosh]

Suella complaining about Tory failures is like a chef giving everyone food poisoning, then leaving 1 star reviews herself about the restaurant for poisoning people, while still continuing to work there. The way she talks, you'd think she was a back bencher for a decade and not LITERALLY THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF IT.

[@eamonfire]

She was given zero support from within her own party, so was left unable to do very much.

[@lyndonjones2753]

Remember Suella you were working along side Sunak , surely you of all people should have spotted that PM Sunak was a fake when he let in 1.2 million foreign legal immigrants in 2023, forget about net these were total newcomers with no infrastructure in place, Sunak is a WEF puppet, WEF words, we know there will be problems but it has to be done. You have no chance of rebuilding the Toilet party.

[@zephyr8072]

@@eamonfire This is a flat out lie and you know it is. We had more than one PM echoing her 20 IQ rhetoric. She is both evil and incompetent.

[@crayontom9687]

@@eamonfiresomeone else’s fault. Weak

[@gordygosh]

​@@eamonfire Firstly, she was brought back as Home Secretary by a subsequent Prime Minister after a resignation for leaking confidential information. Secondly, all her legislation was given ministerial assent (Rwanda, Public Order bill etc), her (many) failures were due to losing in the supreme court and the House of Lords, or just sheer ineptitude, such as the Bibi Stockholm. Lack of government/party support is arguably (if not demonstrably) the one thing she didn't lack.

[@eaglescouttrooper7969]

Reject the gifted equality . ! You should have ran in Leicester, & challenge the citizens there to act like British citizens

[@facehugger3]

I live in Leicester and the city is a lost cause . My old voting ward of charnwood/ spinney hills was something like 80 - 90% islamists .Native english was something like 2 %. I was born in Leicester over 50 years ago and now it feels like I am a foreigner in my own city and country which is why I voted reform .

[@josephinebrevig8748]

@@facehugger3😢😢😢😂😂😂

[@-DC-]

Promised Everything Delivered The Complete Opposite, The Conservative Party should do the decent thing and disband.

[@SteveXNYC]

All the money belong to the Arab-Indian. Don't waste your time fighting for Britain or any European land.

[@zephyr8072]

Missed opportunity #1: Deporting Braverman to Rwanda.

[@southernafricanboy4148]

😂😅

[@kotai12]

hahaha

[@josephinebrevig8748]

😂😂😂😂…..good one. They need to deport her to Farage Land 😂😂😂

[@facehugger3]

I've always liked you Suella . I would vote for you if you were in the Reform party .

[@richardlabeja]

Cringe. Your name gives you away, a fictional horror creature.

[@zephyr8072]

I love the Reform bots copy-pasting this same comment over and over. How pathetic.

[@inglejuice]

@@zephyr8072 it’s a busy day on the Russian bot farm

[@facehugger3]

@@zephyr8072 I love how it makes clowns upset . Cry harder !

[@zephyr8072]

@@facehugger3 I'm sure Putin is very proud of you.

[@christiano8088]

She's 100% right, and they sacked her. I'm a Conservative and it serves them right.

[@DLR300]

When exactly did she acquire this common sense, because she certainly didn’t show any when in a position to within the government. All of a sudden, she knows how to right all wrongs 🙄

[@dodgynumber7533]

She tried …but she was blocked at every level

[@rebelruth9582]

​@@dodgynumber7533She did but got sacked for her trouble. She personally wrote to Sunak telling him if he did not get an immediate grip on the boats, they would lose the election.

[@prakashgosai1186]

What common sense

[@dianamincher6479]

Braverman MP has no remorse for her frraudulent activity and duplicity she's just crying over spilt milk

[@josephinebrevig8748]

@@rebelruth9582the boats the boats 😂😂😂😂

[@user-oc1df6to5u]

I don't trust that woman

[@prakashgosai1186]

You have hit the nail on the head

[@elainecameron5545]

The indigenous populace should have been listened to. If the tories had of kistened rhen rhey may have won.

[@ragnor56]

She should like the rest be up in court for illegal people smuggling !!

[@robertjones-yo4ql]

SUELLA should join REFORM UK

[@MKAMINBD]

I think, Suella braverman MP should marry Nigel Faraz. Could be the ideal couple among politicians.

[@prakashgosai1186]

Why do you want to curse nigel farage

[@crayontom9687]

She was one of the key Secretary of State’s. It’s on her. It’s nobody else’s fault. Will someone in the media please scrutinise this windbag ffs

[@kathyullah1619]

Suella as prime minister she is a Tough Lady

[@mikehamnett9336]

One of the worst examples of life on Earth.

[@harv2796]

💯

[@jezcon9467]

I love this women She's honest ❤

[@moomin7461]

😂😂

[@DLR300]

WHAT? 😂😂

[@erea3355]

Exactly

[@wattieiscute]

Suella is a muppet

[@evolassunglasses4673]

But correct on what she said there.

[@xelakram]

There is only ONE thing I agree with Cruella on, and that is that ludicrous generational smoking ban. She is right on that.

[@jake751]

🤮🤮🤮

[@LibertypopUK]

honest is the first start and admiting your are not any good

[@shogun666able]

I follow your thoughts and you should have been PM and actions a lot of the promises made, sadly you didn't and it will be several decades before people trust the word of any Tory. Best you join Nigel's crew.

[@jamesmcdougall6338]

We love you, go to Reform

[@max20817]

Her skin is too stained for that

[@jamesmcdougall6338]

@@max20817 no picture max?????

[@charliesmith4702]

She should be sent to Rawanda 😂😂😂😂

[@KamrulHasan-jv7hx]

When you are ready to go RWANDA

[@peterk4626]

She is just awful

[@evolassunglasses4673]

But correct. Torys let their base down.

[@des9772]

Why ? Because she speaks the truth?

[@moomin7461]

​@@des9772She speaks your truth.

[@rufdymond]

@@des9772- Truth! Stop taking drugs you’re obviously hallucinating, and have a warped sense of reality.

[@des9772]

@@moomin7461 There is only truth, stop the bullshit about your own truth! Truth is truth!!!! You don't get to choose your own!

[@lonegroover01]

Yep. Sadly.

[@451greenwood]

I actually like braveman ,But you should have removed RS... You didn't, none of the conservatives had the balls to stand up to him, this alone is the reason why you all got spanked, you all sat back and watched, you all new what would happen at a GE, and yet you did nothing, So the people of this country took your rights away for the majority of conservatives to even have a seat in parliament.... You treated us All with contempt and now your paying the price, I am a conservative and will not vote for any of you, if you are not prepared to stand up for the people and remove them that are destroying the country then you have NO rights sitting in parliament

[@voice.of.reason]

Hear hear

[@saminatharbastiampillai8234]

She talks nonsense. Again and again same old lies.

[@clive594]

Please young miss come to Reform .😁😁

[@kotai12]

Are you kidding she's a clown lol

[@marcussparticus8380]

The best thing for the Conservative party would be to appoint you as leader of the party. Then you could clean all the lefty asslings out of the party and return to traditional tory values. Nigel and the reform party would make good a alliance.

[@marcussparticus8380]

First thing on the agenda should be, proportional representation..

[@josephinebrevig8748]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@KabirAhmed-pk9sd]

Sueela quickly powered lost . To much power speed uk immigration.. now sueela go home

[@zzebowa]

Join Reform UK Suella.

[@crayontom9687]

I thought they hated immigrants?

[@OmanRather]

​@@crayontom9687only the one who hate this country but suella loves this country

[@AbigailBrown-wk7xl]

Suella defect to reform

[@Contraster671]

Because of people like braverman I walked away from Tories. I cannot return when such hateful, demented talk and actions exist. Please join Farage, he is as baseless as you.

[@prakashgosai1186]

Not just you other conservative have walked out of the party, I think she is just brainwashed

[@prakashgosai1186]

what possessed rishi sunak to have her in his team

[@WesternWomanUK]

Good leader, good woman,

[@PaulPace-js2vt]

You were right all the time I hope you’re the next Conservative leader. Good luck.

[@mohammedazad7055]

I know when someone speaks out the truth, people don’t take it seriously. Our House of Commons is equal to a mixed vegetables dinner dish. But unfortunately , too many different kinds of vegetables from different backgrounds and different soils, different ways of looking after and using poor ingredients and methods, takes the flavours away from the dish itself. That’s where the problems and chaos is. How many of us understand this ? Without a limit it will become like our borders free entry.

[@biswajitgoswami5498]

Cruella 😂😂😂

[@Jame-One]

reform Suella

[@xelakram]

Cruella needs to be reformed. That's true!

[@hamzaelezi1209]

Maybe in other world Evry one not like anymore you decision is the time for here to say sorry to everyone and you must resign

[@user-fl5ye8rh5i]

Vile woman!

[@chucky2316]

Suella i like you

[@adampiper3656]

Should have joined reform

[@michaeljohndennis2231]

At the start of 2019, the Tories missed an important opportunity to declare a national state of emergency and impose martial law in the U.K. to protect the country from Covid and the misery that resulted, which also included closing the borders, ports, seaports, airports and channel tunnel, airspace and coastal waters - much of what happened in 2020 and beyond could have been prevented but was deliberately allowed to happen when it could have been prevented - the fallout from this will mean that any incoming Labour government, albeit for entirely different reasons, will have to do so and will be left saddled with a situation where they will find themselves out of their depth and will have no other option but to hand over power to a provisional milltary government to correct the many problems left in the U.K. as a consequence of Tory ineptitude and incompetence

[@DLR300]

Martial law? Military government? Which comic is that from?

[@Zak-l7e]

it is sad to see the british so called politicians gone down to this low level of incompetense, basically this lady does not had any bone in her entire body that understands politics or how to deal with the public, straight from the gutter to the parliament and all of the sudden she has a voice that know nothing about integrity, honesty and morality, personally I would not trust her with a corner shop in bradford.

[@KamrulHasan-jv7hx]

Absolutely right

[@justjane2070]

She is so made for “splitting images “ 😠

[@77Xd2]

So why now, you're trying to fool the British people again

[@user-zc4yd9ss7h]

Brexit has been a disaster. The Tories made a mess of everything and she was central to their project. Now refuses to take any responsibility.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Brexit is just moving power from the EU Superstate to Westminster. You still have to VOTE in a positive government.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

How are things going in the EU? Le Pen got 40% of the vote, populist are winning across Europe

[@KamrulHasan-jv7hx]

It's truth

[@voice.of.reason]

Brexit has been very good but should have been better with a leave party in power

[@Shaftalooooo]

This lady should work in a takeaway not Government

[@voice.of.reason]

It's always the left who come out with the most vile racist comments like yours

[@KabirAhmed-pk9sd]

Sohela go home

[@petesmusic6648]

Cow

[@Rockdude300782]

Should have been our pm

[@DLR300]

Why?

[@crayontom9687]

Have we become a banana republic?

[@user-oc1df6to5u]

Look at the mirror 🪞.

[@ronpepoli37]

Vile woman

[@TomWard-wo1rz]

Homelessness is a lifestyle choice, she wants to go back to India!

[@bobh9029]

Go back to India? She didn't come from India. She's British born, Harrow

[@samchris3793]

What in Londonistan?

[@TomWard-wo1rz]

@@bobh9029 well indian heritage,

[@voice.of.reason]

It is a lifestyle choice

[@TomWard-wo1rz]

@@voice.of.reason so army vets with ptsd choose it then ?

[@BobToasty-cd2hl]

Unbelievable that times radio listens to that speech and that's the main takeaway headline they offer.

[@harrymills7812]

You and Kemi get to reform

[@xelakram]

That will guarantee that Reform UK will forever be unelectable. Great idea! 👍🏻

[@timelwell7002]

Liz Truss only ever did ONE good thing in her otherwise disastrous and miserable political career. Just ONE. And that ONE good thing was to demote Suella Braverman from her office of Home Secretary to being a mere back-bench MP. And what did Rishi Sunak do after saying that his government was going to rule with 'Integrity, accountability and professionalism at every level?' He re-hired Braverman. Oh, dear. No wonder the Tories have just had their worst ever election result...

[@Stephanie-wf6xr]

She believes her own lies She believes she was not in the Tory party 😂😂😂😂

[@ranjinichitsabesan647]

I personally think that you are too cocky and talk as you know everything and others are fools.Infact You are one of the Tory party ministers all blame for people voting to bring down the government.Most of the people think that you blame others but you were all the course of the downfall.Hope you learn to be humble.

[@BB-mv9wl]

She's perfect.. in every way :))

[@moiraswords8220]

Join reform please please

[@eggyboy123]

Quite agree. As you sow so shall your reap

[@PassiveAgressive319]

Join the failing Reform party Suella😂😂😂

[@dodgynumber7533]

Reform will definitely not fail. It’s only just getting started

[@Karlemids]

Witch

[@benjaminduberry2005]

My god this woman is truly awful

[@haqifskepi-lw7hw]

Go to you kantry, india go

[@user-gw9oc9fx7d]

Is there no place you can put this women hide😅😅

[@stuartwilson5407]

Strange rant from someone from an immigrant family.

[@kaisertooblown]

The irony 🤣

[@vulgar_scabby_beaver]

shhhh, the rightwing is now colourblind, they need useful ID10Ts.

[@voice.of.reason]

@@kaisertooblown You don't know the meaning of the word. You just can't accept that someone of a non British heritage can complain about illegal criminal migrants coming in on boats. I'm black and I voted Reform and so did a lot of other immigrants

[@kaisertooblown]

@voice.of.reason oh well just wondering why yall are so pressed about race and immigration it's sad imo

[@smartrain1]

Move to Reform Suella.

[@SheilaBloom.]

She’s a better fascist than Farage Gunga Din