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By Thomas Mackintosh
BBC News
Rishi Sunak is under pressure to sack the home secretary over an article in which she accused the police of bias.
Suella Braverman claimed aggressive right-wing protesters were "rightly met with a stern response", while "pro-Palestinian mobs" were "largely ignored".
On Thursday, No 10 said the prime minister has "full confidence in her".
But, former Tory attorney general Dominic Grieve thinks her position is untenable.
"It is not for her publicly to attack the police in this fashion and it gives the impression she wishes to control the police decision making and that in a free and democratic society is unacceptable," Mr Grieve told BBC Newsnight.
"On the face of it she has created chaos within government."
Thursday's article in the Times was not cleared by Downing Street and it also emerged No 10's suggested changes to the text were not followed.
Former Conservative minister Sir Bob Neil has called for Ms Braverman to resign over the article.
Sir Bob, a frequent critic of the home secretary, told LBC her position was "untenable" after she had "gone over the line" with her comments.
But, one ally of Mrs Braverman told BBC Newsnight's Nick Watt that her "commitment to profound beliefs comes before calculation".
"Unless the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Guardian, the BBC and most of the commentariat are up in arms about Suella Braverman then she's not doing her job properly," he added, citing a source close to the home secretary.
