Rishi Sunak under pressure to investigate Suella Braverman amid speeding row

Rishi Sunak is coming under pressure to order an ethics inquiry after Home Secretary Suella Braverman allegedly asked civil servants to help her deal with a speeding fine without having to reveal her identity.

Later Ms Braverman decided to accept points on her licence and pay a fine.

The Prime Minister is expected to take the matter up with the Home Secretary on his return from the G7 in Japan. Jane Dodge reports.

[faceit]

She’s very quick to nickname peoples as criminals but wants to sneak out of her speeding ticket and be private about it

[supergario]

At this point I am sure we would be better off if government roles were filled with random people like jury duty.

[tetraquark]

Even our political scandals are pathetic

[wlsn]

A politician abusing her position of power? Surely not. 😮

[davecap]

Braverman only regrets being found out, thats all.

[Reds]

Integrity and Braverman in the same sentence😂😂

[ukulelelab]

How on earth is she still in office? How many more breaches can anyone tolerate?

[bonalba]

She actually asked if a speeding ticket could be added to legitimate expenses! Totally unbelievable!!!

[titteryenot]

Welcome to Rishi’s Brave New World of “integrity, professionalism, and accountability at every level.” 🤦‍♂️

[andrewmaccallum]

2 simple rules for life;
No.1 - Never trust a tory
No.2 - Never forget rule number 1

[alexvince]

She also enquired if she could claim the fine on expenses, the home secretary is responsible for law, the Tories are criminals

[ljt]

She has already been sacked once for breach of ministerial code.

Now another possible breach by asking civil servants if it could be quashed, made to go away, so it wouldn't increase her insurance.
She also asked if the police driving course could be run one on one and not the usual group course so that the press wouldn't find out.
And to top it all, asked if the fine could be claimed back on expenses!

This absolutely needs investigating. Its breaking the law if she tried to quash it.

No one is above the law.

[frippp]

'of course Mr Sunak had confidence in her' - so she's on the way out then 🤣

[strangemagic]

When elitism raises it's ugly head.

[benji.B-side]

When Fishi promised 'integrity, professionalism, and accountability' to the nation, he had his fingers crossed behind his back.

[thechosenwon]

How on earth did we end up with this government

[dibdab]

and while we're at it, now that the local elections have come and gone, can we have the result of the inquiry into Bojo misleading parliament?...don't think for one second that we've forgotten.

[gdewyg]

Sunak should be reminded that "his position is accompanied by accountability"

[XJoshB]

Two road offences between the pair of them within a year....amazing

[mojalalunia]

how could we trust this government any more?
is that what Sunak calls integrity?
why laws are applied on poor and powerless individuals?