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Priti Patel is out of her depth – and that is Boris Johnson’s fault

The Home Office needs artful, subtle leadership. Instead, it’s been saddled with an insensitive right wing loyalist.

The Home Office has been dysfunctional for more than a decade.  It desperately needs leadership that is politically subtle and sensitive.

Patel’s greatest fans would not laud her subtlety and sensitivity. A lack of experience and chequered ministerial career restored her to high office only because Boris Johnson wanted a right wing loyalist.

Responsibility for this mess lies entirely with Johnson, for appointing an out-of-depth minister in the first place. 

As Thatcher said, “Every prime minister needs a Willie,” referring to her experienced deputy, William Whitelaw.  Johnson has no Willie – where it matters. He cuts at present a solitary figure.

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