Suella Braverman has taken aim at far-left “bullies” after her Cambridge University speech was postponed.
Speaking on GB News, the former Home Secretary said far-left extremists are “out of control” after a pro-Palestinian group’s threat led to the event’s cancellation.
She was due to talk at the Cambridge University Conservative Association (CUCA), which she led 20 years ago as a student.
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Braverman joined Nigel Farage on GB News to despair over how she was treated.
Braverman was due to speak at the university where pro-Palestine encampments popped up this year
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“If you’re on the centre-right, if you’re pro-Israel, if you want to talk about immigration, controlling immigration, you’re branded far-right”, she said.
“These far-left extremists are, frankly, out of control because of craven authorities and appeasement by those who have power.
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Cambridge University buildings, (front to back) the Grand Courtyard of St John's College, Trinity College, Senate House and the Old Schools, Gonville & Caius College and King's College ChapelGETTY“They have become bullies and they’re silencing students on campus. They’re silencing academics and they’re creating a very chilling atmosphere whereby freedom of speech is being snuffed out.”
Speaking about the incident itself, Braverman detailed: “They sent out a message inviting their members to come and protest outside the venue where I was due to speak.
“At that point, I was very keen to proceed with the event. Let me just make that clear.
“I can handle the tough and tumble of politics. As you know Nigel, a few protesters don’t faze me.
Suella Braverman joined Nigel Farage on GB News
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“Me and you Nigel, we nearly got arrested in Brussels earlier this year by some overzealous police officers.
“We’ve been there, we’ve done it. I wasn’t actually concerned. However, the police subsequently got involved.
“They looked into the matter and their professional advice to the organisers and myself was that there was a security risk and our safety could not be guaranteed.”
Earlier this year, Braverman went head to head with Fiona Lali from the Revolutionary Communist Party after visiting a pro-Palestine encampment at Cambridge where they refused to speak to her.
Lali said: "The camps haven’t started because of October 7 specifically. This week, in loads of encampments across the country, they’ve been having to memorise the fact that this week commemorates the Nakba, which took place 76 years ago. It means catastrophe and it’s a massive symbol of what Israel has been doing for the last 76 years.
"This is not about October 7 and to ask about that is disingenuous on your part. I think it’s great that you went to the camp today to talk to those students and you embarrassed yourself doing that."
Braverman responded insisting the Israeli military are "targeting Hamas" and there is no intention to kill citizens in the conflict. Lali hit back, saying the International Court of Justice has declared the events in Palestine a genocide, a comment Braverman said is "wrong."