Don’t look to Suella Braverman, the populist UK Home Secretary responsible for law and order, for nuance. Braverman enjoys outraging liberal sentiment and this week she has been working overtime to cause maximum offense.

On Tuesday, the darling of the Conservative party’s right-wing said that some homeless people living on the streets were indulging “a lifestyle choice.” Two days later, she published an article in the Times of London that accused the Metropolitan Police of “playing favourites” with protesters after Commissioner Mark Rowley decided to let Saturday’s pro-Palestine march go ahead on Armistice Day, what many consider a time for quiet reflection.