Exactly this.
Mahmood’s policies are horrible enough that Guardian readers dislike them without understanding them.
And not ‘headline front page’ horrible enough for Mail voters.
They also won’t reduce boat crossings in meaningful numbers, which is how people now seem to judge all migration.
Nick Beales
The thing is, Mahmood's policies aren't landing. They're angering unions / left of the party, they are incoherent and the public they're courting don't care/understand what is happening. Why keep her around? Tells me Burnham (team?) probably not v.good at this stuff.
Luke Piper
"Allies of Shabana Mahmood are confident that she would be kept as Home Secretary by a Burnham premiership and her reforms would hardly be watered down, if at all" - PoliticsHome
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