Jonathan Ashworth sends pointed message to Suella Braverman on Question Time
"Don't dare attack my city and try to use Leicester as a pawn in your game to become the next Tory leader".
"Don't dare attack my city and try to use Leicester as a pawn in your game to become the next Tory leader".
'Long-term decisions for a brighter future'
The Defence Secretary said Ms Braverman was ‘absolutely correct’ to warn about the scale of global movement of people.
Ms Braverman also faced heckles during her speech from Conservative London Assembly member Andrew Boff, who took umbrage with her allusion to the “poison” of “gender ideology”.
Andrew Boff was led away by police after declaring "there's no such thing as gender ideology" during the speech.
Johnston Busingye said it was wrong for Britain to still see itself as a "compassionate country".
'Priti Patel was so extreme that even Theresa May called her out. Now Suella Braverman is so extreme that even Priti Patel called her out.'
"Such a powerful speech, from the heart. Rapturous applause from the audience", Carol Vorderman commented.
Suella Braverman said that offering asylum to a person discriminated against in their home country for being gay or a woman was not sustainable.
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