Boris Johnson’s attorney-general is a driving force behind attempts to reassert the ability of politicians to make policy without being opposed by judges
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskCritics of Suella Braverman, the incumbent, think she is failing in this balancing act, and allowing her political instincts to cloud her legal judgment. But accompanying claims that Ms Braverman is out of her depth are far too dismissive. She is a leading exponent of a constitutional doctrine which has become a hallmark of Boris Johnson’s government.
She has appeared in person to ask the appeal court to lengthen the “unduly lenient” sentences handed to a series of high-profile killers. In January, when a jury acquitted four protesters who had toppled a statue of a slave owner, she said she would ask judges to review the law. She declared her support for Mr Johnson and a former aide, Dominic Cummings, when both were accused of busting covid-19 lockdown rules.
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