Suella Braverman invited into JFS to address Year 12 students
School enagement following the politician's shock decision to quit the Conservatives for Reform
JFS has welcomed outspoken politician Suella Braverman into the school to address Year 12 students, in one of her first engagements since quitting the Conservatives and joining Reform UK.
An update on the school’s website confirmed that the former Tory Home Secretary and Attorney General spoke to politics and criminology students about her time in the prior prestigious offices of government.
She also found time to answer questions on her shock move to Nigel Farage’s party earlier in the week.
The school also confirmed that Braverman spent further time with one of the Year 12 Criminology classes, where she took part in a Q&A session, in which she offered “her take on migration and other contemporary social issues, as well as ways in which we could go about reducing the crime rate.”
“We are very grateful for her time,” the school added.
JFS has previously invited other political speakers into the school to address students, including current Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson.
Braverman accused the Conservatives of “betrayal” as she became the latest MP from the party to defect to Reform UK last Monday.
At a press conference following her defection, Braverman said she had felt “politically homeless for the best part of two years”, pointing to differences over areas including Brexit and immigration.
Her husband, Rael, who is Jewish, also confirmed that he had rejoined the Reform movement shortly after his wife’s announcement.
Reform UK has now threatened to sue Tory leader Kemi Badenoch unless she apologises to Suella Braverman over the Tories’ claims about her mental health.
An initial statement said: “The Conservatives did all we could to look after Suella’s mental health, but she was clearly very unhappy.”
The party later issued a corrected statement, which removed the sentence, saying the original lines were “a draft version” which had been “sent out in error”.
Braverman said the reference to her mental health was “a bit pathetic” and “more signs of a bitter and desperate party that seems to be in free-fall”.
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