Suella Braverman and the Tory credibility gap

Editorial: The home secretary wants the police to investigate every crime, no matter how small. But does anybody really believe that will happen?

Rishi Sunak may be wary of making an enemy popular on the hard right of his party, but he too has plenty of options available to him (PA)

One popular policy that the government might be wise to implement with immediate effect would be the abolition of ministerial media appearances on public holidays. Tiresome at the best of times, they are especially unwelcome at times of rest, recuperation and quiet reflection.

Traditionally a brief but precious respite from workday worries for many – gifting valuable family or “me time” on a long weekend or day trip to the seaside – there is no good reason for our bank holidays to be disturbed by Suella Braverman engaged on yet another mission to prove just how unconvincing a politician she can be: no reminders are necessary.

Unlike, say, an interview with Nadine Dorries or one of Jacob Rees-Mogg’s televised “moggologues”, the home secretary’s interventions are not just at times amusingly self-parodic but, holding the high office she does, deeply concerning.