By John Michael Ojo
Barely 43 days after the United Kingdom’s Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, was appointed, she has resigned from her position.
Braverman resigned over a document she mistakenly sent from her personal email to another member of parliament.
This was disclosed in a letter Braverman wrote to the Prime Minister on Wednesday, stating that she regrets her action and wish her successor the best of luck.
It reads in part: “It is with the greatest regret that I am choosing to tender my resignation.
“Earlier today, I sent an official document from my personal email to a trusted parliamentary colleague as part of policy engagement, and with the aim of garnering support for government policy on migration. This constitutes a technical infringement of the rules.
“As you know, the document was a draft written ministerial statement about migration. Much of it has already been briefed to MPs. Nevertheless, it is right for me to go.
As soon as I realised this mistake, I rapidly reported this on official channels, and informed the cabinet secretary. As home secretary, I hold myself to the highest standards and my resignation is the right thing to do.
“The business of government relies on people accepting responsibility for their mistakes. Pretending we haven’t made mistakes, carrying on as if everyone hasn’t seen that we have made them, and hoping that things will magically come right is not politics. I have made a mistake; I accept responsibility; I resign.
“It has been a great honour to serve at the home office. In even the brief time that I have been here, it has been very clear that there is much to do, in terms of delivering on the priorities of the British people.
“They deserve policing they can respect, an immigration policy they want and voted for in such unambiguous numbers at the last election, and laws which serve the public good, and not the interests of selfish protestors.
“To oversee Operation Bridges – the largest policing operation in a generation – was a great honour and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to serve. I wish my successor good luck,” she added.
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