Why has British PM Rishi Sunak sacked his home secretary?

The UK prime minister was under tremendous pressure from the opposition leaders and his own party to get rid of Braverman after her article in the Times UK.

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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak sacked Suella Braverman, who is the home secretary on Monday. This came just a day after she criticized the Police amid the ongoing Pro-Palestine rallies in the United Kingdom.

The UK prime minister was under tremendous pressure from the opposition leaders and his own party to get rid of Braverman after her article in the Times UK. In her article, she criticized the Metropolitan Police regarding the management of ongoing radical elements in Pro-Palestine rallies. 

As per the reports from Reuters, the UK Home Secretary accused the police of applying a 'double standard' to rallies, particularly pro-Palestinian marches, in an opinion piece published before a pro-Palestinian march on Saturday.

Braverman is considered to be the contender for the Conservative Party's future leader. She had consistently condemned the tens of thousands of demonstrators who have assembled in the United Kingdom's capital since Hamas attacked Israel last month. Braverman termed these rallies as 'hate marches' and 'mobs'.

Braverman has been well known to make controversial statements regarding the issues related to national security, or police.

Pro-Palestinian protests across UK

Earlier in the week, thousands of Pro-Palestinian protesters marched in London and across the country to call for an end to Israel's attacks on Hamas. 

Since the Israel-Hamas conflict began, London witnessed one of the largest Pro-Palestine marches on November 11. Thousands of protestors marched from Marble Arch in Hyde Park through London down the Vauxhall Bridge Road and crossed the River Thames towards the US Embassy on Nine Elms Lane. 

The march was against US President Joe Biden's support for the Israel Defence Force's (IDF) ground operation in Gaza. Notably, Israel declared war in response to the Hamas brutal attacks of October 7 that killed 1,400 Israelis and took 200 hostages.