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If this report is true then I don't think she is following Mr Sunak's stated ideal of integrity and professionalism to generate trust:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63444573It would appear, firstly, she has been somewhat economical with the truth relating to the events which must put her integrity in question; secondly, the use of personal email makes one doubt her professionalism - aside from its break of regulations one has to draw the conclusion that the only reason to use a personal Gmail account for a sensitive document is to obfuscate intended recipients (we have no idea who else she may have emailed the document to from her personal account).Aside from the document in question there is the overall stupidity of using a Gmail service for a sensitive government document. Gmail does not provide end-to-end encryption so it's accessible to Google engineers while on their systems - I suspect Google has robust processes to control access (possibly better than the Cabinet office?) but it's still an unacceptable risk in this context, and it's known the Russians compromised Google mail accounts used by the DNC during the 2016 US election. Okay, that vulnerability has been closed off but it would be naive to think the FSB haven't identified an alternative weakness; it's not that long ago MS Exchange was compromised by a nation state and email administrators were working overtime at a weekend to apply an emergency patch!One can only assume that, aside from the deliberate attempt to leak a government draft document, she has a cavalier and arrogant and possibly ignorant (although I'm sure she's had the briefings) attitude towards cyber security and is therefore unfit for her cabinet role. One suspects that an arrogant and cavalier attitude towards security was ingrained in the culture set by Johnson - partygate is a good example of that!A nyway, I think her plan to stop illegal immigration is doomed to failure. Why not attach the real criminals - the people smugglers, not the immigrants just trying to better themselves but being ripped off by the criminals - to halt the trafficking, while providing efficient, fair and straightforward processes for genuine refugees.If Sunak's serious about generating trust he should hold an investigation and, if the BBC report is true, sack her.

Michael Ixer ● 959d

Well, Sue, you being glad that Braverman has been reinstated as Home Secretary may explain a lot.  I call her Cruella, as you know. According to Wikipedia, under the Career heading: "Braverman was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 2005. She completed pupillage at 2–3 Gray's Inn Square (now Cornerstone Barristers) but did not start tenancy there, beginning practice at the London branch of a large Birmingham set - No5 Chambers. She worked in litigation including the judicial review "basics" for a government practitioner of immigration and planning law. She was appointed to the attorney general's C panel of counsel, the entry level, undertaking basic government cases, in 2010."    Not amazing experience. Under the Early life and education heading: "She attended the Uxendon Manor Primary School in Brent and the fee-paying Heathfield School, Pinner, on a partial scholarship,after which she read law at Queens' College, Cambridge. During her undergraduate studies, she was president of the Cambridge University Conservative Association. Braverman lived in France for two years, as an Erasmus Programme student and then as an Entente Cordiale Scholar, where she completed a master's degree in European and French law at Panthéon-Sorbonne University." As MP for Farenham (before becoming Attorney General), she recommended the Erasmus programme be discontinued. https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news-suella-braverman-votes-against-erasmus-scheme-67386/
So, not much experience to talk about in the field of law and a horrific MP. I have proved my point.  Cruella indeed!

Ivonne Holliday ● 963d

As published in the rolling news on the BBC website:Johnson might not be back but his cabinet is - LabourSam HancockBBC News Live reporterWe've got our first Labour reaction to Rishi Sunak's cabinet reshuffle, with Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth saying "Boris Johnson might not be back but many of his cabinet are".He says "these are the old faces of Johnson's cabinet" and blames many of them for helping "give us the economic issues we're grappling with" - including rising energy bills.Of those Sunak has appointed so far, the following were also in Johnson's cabinet:Dominic RaabJames CleverlyBen WallaceOliver DowdenGrant ShappsGillian KeeganTherese CoffeySteve BarclayMichael GoveThere are some new faces though, such as returning Home Secretary Suella Braverman, first appointed by Liz Truss.The Tories have caused "immense damage", Ashworth tells the BBC, before repeating the party's call for a general election.On the new PM, he says the blame for the country's financial woes isn't just on Truss but Sunak too - blaming him for "the highest tax burden in 70 years" when he was chancellor."I don't believe Sunak has the answers to this crisis... he helped cause it," Ashworth adds.Asked if Sunak is a more difficult challenge for Labour at a general election, Ashworth says he's more concerned about the fact the new PM avoided setting out his policies during the recent leadership contest. (That's an issue many opposition MPs have raised in recent days.)Not too far from the truth, sadly!

Ivonne Holliday ● 964d