‘I will have more to say’: Suella Braverman fires warning shot to Rishi Sunak after being sacked as Home Secretary – while her supporters on the Tory Right fume at her losing her job for ‘speaking the truth’

Suella Braverman today issued a warning shot to Rishi Sunak after the Prime Minister sacked her as Home Secretary.

The now departed Cabinet minister vowed she would ‘have more to say’ after her removal from the top rank of Government.

Mr Sunak was also facing anger among Mrs Braverman’s supporters on the Tory Right, with some lamenting how she had been fired for ‘speaking the truth’.

There will be concern in No10 about managing internal party tensions in the wake of the PM’s decision to remove Mrs Braverman from the Home Office.

She is highly regarded among some of her colleagues – who view her as a future Tory leader – for her hardline stance on issues such as migration.

Suella Braverman issued a warning shot to Rishi Sunak after the Prime Minister sacked her as Home Secretary

Mrs Braverman’s first words this morning after her sacking suggested she would not be making a quiet return to the back benches in the House of Commons.

‘It has been the greatest privilege of my life to serve as Home Secretary,’ she said.

‘I will have more to say in due course.’

It had already been widely speculated that Mrs Braverman was using outspoken interventions as Home Secretary to position herself ahead of a future Tory leadership contest, should Mr Sunak lose the next general election.

There had even been claims she had been attempting to engineer her sacking in order to boost her appeal as a hardliner on some issues.

The weeks before her sacking saw rows over her comments on migration, the homeless and – most recently – pro-Palestine demonstrations in London, which she labelled ‘hate marches’.

One of her supporters, former education minister Andrea Jenkyns, posted on social media this morning: ‘I support @SuellaBraverman Sacked for speaking the truth. Bad call by Rishi caving in to the left!’

Another Tory backbencher, Michael Fabricant, added: ‘I am sad to see Suella go – I think she was a strong Home Secretary with all the right instincts.

‘But all Prime Ministers need team players with self-discipline… and the team captain must be the Prime Minister. But I shall miss her on the front bench.’

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