British Home Secretary Suella Braverman reminded the police that their job is to prevent crimes from taking place rather than to dance around at pride events in the House of Commons on Monday afternoon.
Braverman – known for her fierce rhetoric rather than action on issues including immigration and policing – responded to a question from her fellow “Conservative” Member of Parliament Nick Fletcher regarding police officers returning to the streets instead of “promoting unscientific ideologies,” to which she stated:
“We pay the police to fight crime, whether that’s a focus on anti-social behavior, the nuisance bikers or burglaries as he’s mentioned. They are there to keep people safe Mr. Speaker. We do not pay them to wave flags at parades, to dance with drag queens or to campaign. That’s why I finally ended all association with Stonewall at the Home Office and why I expect all PCCs and Chief Constables to focus on cutting crime and rebuilding confidence, not playing politics.”
– Suella Braverman, September 2023.
While the British police continue to take political stances on social issues, crime across the country has skyrocketed. A mere one-in-six criminal offenses involving a knife, including those involving murders, rapes, and grievous bodily harm, resulted in a prosecution as of last year.
