ms braverman contrasted the police response to aggressive right—wing protesters, which she described as "rightly stern", with what she called "pro—palestinian mobs", who she said were "largely ignored". 0ur political editor chris masonin charge here at the home office command one of the great offices of state — home secretary. the latest tenant here, suella braverman, approaches the job with a bluntness unlike any of her predecessors. writing in the times, she says... so close, yet so far apart — look at their body language the other day. a penny for what it would look like now. rishi sunak�*s spokesman said number ten had not signed off suella braverman�*s article, so she undermined his authority and divided her party. it's right that the home secretary should suppine secretary should opine on the way the police do theirjob, especially on these important matters, and what we are seeing here, i'm afraid to say, as the home secretary says, a double standard. not deliberate — i don't believe it's intentional, but there's what you might call an unconscious bias. i think she's gone overthe line. - it's part of a history of ill. judgment and loose words. and of all the jobs _ in government, home secretary is one of those