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“She ain’t that great,” said the white-haired man behind me.He was grousing as Suella Braverman, Home Secretary, entered the Exchange Hall earlier this afternoon to deliver her Conservative conference address. A half-standing ovation greeted her. Braverman’s speech followed a scarcely applauded, limp speech from the Lord Chancellor, Alex Chalk. A warm-up act that left a cold atmosphere in the room.At conference last year Braverman, new in her great office of state, had picked up where the previous incumbent, Priti Patel, had left off. Both women are beloved of right-wing Conservatives. They...…“She ain’t that great,” said the white-haired man behind me.He was grousing as Suella Braverman, Home Secretary, entered the Exchange Hall earlier this afternoon to deliver her Conservative conference address. A half-standing ovation greeted her. Braverman’s speech followed a scarcely applauded, limp speech from the Lord Chancellor, Alex Chalk. A warm-up act that left a cold atmosphere in the room.At conference last year Braverman, new in her great office of state, had picked up where the previous incumbent, Priti Patel, had left off. Both women are beloved of right-wing Conservatives. They...WW…
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