"Only last summer, Reform insiders were briefing the rightwing media that the party would never welcome Suella Braverman into its ranks. Too much baggage. Too out of control. Reform wasn't a convalescent home for disgraced and failed Tory MPs. Surely not? Heaven forbid. So it was only a matter of time before the MP forced to resign from Liz Truss's cabinet as home secretary"
"There again, he might have welcomed the distraction. Farage is on dodgy ground trying to champion veterans' causes after his close mate Donald Trump personally insulted British service personnel last week. Someone might have got round to asking why the Reform leader so admires the US president. It was the surprise that wasn't a surprise. The most undramatic drama from Reform yet. The stunt that bombed."
Reform insiders previously rejected Suella Braverman as too controversial and burdened with political baggage. Braverman resigned from Liz Truss's cabinet as home secretary over breaches of the ministerial code and was later sacked by Rishi Sunak after criticising Scotland Yard's handling of protests. Nigel Farage welcomed her onto a Reform stage at a veterans' rally, redirecting the event into a recruitment moment. Farage's embrace of Braverman complicates his veterans' advocacy given his association with Donald Trump and recent insults toward British service personnel. Braverman framed her actions as sacrifices made out of love for country.
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