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Watch: Andrew Pierce says Braverman will sort ‘wretched people’ crossing the Channel

Daily Mail journalist Andrew Pierce has courted controversy after describing desperate asylum seekers as “wretched people” on Good Morning Britain.

The columnist said the appointment of Suella Braverman – just days after she was asked to leave the position over a security breach – was a good thing because she’ll “get to grips” with those making the perilous journey.

Braverman returned to frontline politics after just a week’s rest yesterday after she was included in Rishi Sunak’s cabinet.

The move has provoked controversy, but it’s nothing that Pierce can’t outdo during a morning’s TV segment:

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Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE). He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author. Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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