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 @43d7c4ea In her own words:

"As home secretary, Theresa May called for Britain to leave the ECHR. And it was Conservative party policy under Michael Howard to leave the refugee convention"

You know what unites those two tory leaders?

They were lunatic right wingers, just like Suella Braverman. Both policies are unacceptable, cruel, and legally problematic.

And they both lost elections. Just like Rishi Sunak is hopefully about to. Theresa May managed to blow a 20 point lead in the course of an election campaign, and the DUP won't save the tories this time. And Michael Howard's defeat was worse than Jeremy Corbyn's, at 198 seats.

Let's just hope that Braverman loses her seat. By the standards of recent by-elections it's not out of the question (26K majority), though it'll probably be closer at a general election.

Otherwise she'll probably be leading the tories in 2030. And even if they lose, that has consequences.