UK PM Sunak is under pressure to sack the interior minister over police criticism. Suella Braverman, one of the British prime minister’s most senior ministers, wrote an incendiary piece criticizing the police’s conduct of a planned pro-Palestinian march. As a result, pressure mounted on Sunak to fire Braverman.

As the home secretary in charge of national security and law enforcement, Braverman has a lengthy record of making divisive remarks that have turned off her more centrist colleagues.

Braverman accused the police of applying a “double standard” to rallies, particularly pro-Palestinian marches, in an opinion article that was published in The Times ahead of a pro-Palestinian protest on Saturday. Regarded as a potential successor to the incumbent Conservative Party leadership, Braverman has been known to criticize the tens of thousands of demonstrators who have flocked to London following the attack on Israel by Hamas last month.

Though there hasn’t been any overt violence as a result of the rallies, the home secretary has referred to them as “mobs” and “hate marches.”

Politicians from the Conservative Party demanded that she be relocated or disassociated from her remarks made on Friday.

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, treasurer of the influential Conservative 1922 Committee, described Braverman’s remarks as “unwise” and “unprecedented” and suggested Sunak reassign her to a different position.

“We can’t continue in this manner. “To continue as we are on these extremely delicate matters is unacceptable,” he told the BBC. The most unruly member of Sunak’s cabinet, who may become a challenger and critic if fired, must be dismissed. Sunak’s party is far behind the significant opposition Labour Party in the public polls.

The event on Saturday coincides with the celebration of Armistice Day, marking the conclusion of World War One. Ministers have urged for the rally to be banned on many occasions. Still, London police have stated that the fear of violence is not significant enough for them to exercise their legal authority to forbid it.

Downing Street is looking into how the Times story was released on Wednesday since representatives from Sunak’s office requested modifications to its text that were not included. The government’s code of conduct requires ministers to obtain Downing Street’s consent before making significant announcements, speeches, press releases, or new policy initiatives. Since the publication of the piece, Braverman has not issued an apology.

Keir Starmer, the head of the opposition, claims Sunak is too frail to be fired. Jeremy Hunt, the finance minister of Britain, was the highest-ranking government official to retract Braverman’s remarks on Friday. “The words that she used are not words I would have used,” he stated.