Suella Braverman regrets backing Rishi Sunak – need to change course
Suella Braverman regrets backing Rishi Sunak
Speaking to the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Suella Braverman said: We’re not going to fix this problem unless we’re honest about it unless we change course and listen to what the voters are telling us.
“I want to save our country from Keir Starmer. I’m not going to give up, I’m still going to fight even if it makes me unpopular.”
Braverman added: I’m going to speak the truth.
She admitted there’s “No time to change leader before general election but Rishi Sunak should change course.”
“There is no disguising the fact these have been terrible election results for the Conservatives,” Ms Braverman told Laura Kuenssberg.
Ms Braverman said although she regretted backing Mr Sunak for the leadership it would now be “impossible” to change leader with a general election due within about six months and there was “no superman or superwoman out there”.
The Conservatives are licking their wounds after a string of local election defeats. After the final votes were counted on Sunday, the Tories had lost control of 10 councils and more than 470 council seats.
The party also lost 10 Police and Crime Commissioners to Labour, marking a potentially significant blow for the Conservatives if they aim to centre their next general election campaign on law and order.
The Conservatives also lost the Blackpool South by-election – Mr Sunak’s seventh by-election defeat since he took control of the party.
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