MY LETTER TO THE GUARDIAN

I have today sent this letter the the Guardian newspaper which no doubt will not be published, so I am sending it out on the web, which will probably have as much effect as sending it to the Guardian.

To the Editor,

I am minded to refer to Suella Braverman’s expressions of concern as either simply hypocritical or possibly specious. Her primary concerns in Government, her ‘dreams’, her obsessions, are entirely negative. She seeks to have total control and prevent what she sees as contrary to her wishes, which she claims are the wishes of the British citizenry.  She wants to prevent immigration at any price and is willing to sacrifice hard won human right legislation. She seeks to prevent dissent of any kind by preventing public demonstrations and free expression of opinions contrary to her own, by sacrificing hard fought for constitutional rights with legislation containing harsh sentences to imprison protesters. She seeks to enact legislation limiting legal rights and preventing the courts from having any say in what affects the rule of law. She seeks a government that has total control without scrutiny or any kind. That is the effect of what she says.

At the same time she professes to support traditional conservative values. Small government and free market trading with little interference or regulation whilst paying lip service to health and social care, which, in any event, should be provided by the private sector. You will note, she said nothing in her ‘written agreement’ with Mr Sunak about social welfare or the cost of living; however, she claims “It is a privilege to serve and one we should not take for granted. Service requires bravery and thinking of the common good.”

Her whole being is arrogant in the extreme and her behaviour and constant refrain spouting repression has nothing whatever to do with the pubic good. It is she who has abused the privilege of public service, and has indeed taken her position for granted. She is not at all interested in collective responsibility only here own views. It’s her way or no way. This is bravado not bravery. This is narcissism, not selflessness.