While appointment of Sajid Javid as Home Secretary, the first member from ethnic minorities to hold such a high profile Cabinet post, comes like a breath of fresh air, especially following into the foot-steps of Amber Rudd Who was seen somewhat under constraint, following the policies of her predecessor, none other than PM May, Sajid Javid is seen as an independent minded person with his own agenda, his own independent policy, especially on immigration, that may sooner or later will clash with his boss.
Perhaps promotion for Amber Rudd who was an MP for only six years, at the time of her appointment as Home Secretary, came too early in her political career who inherited the most difficult portfolio, with added thorny issue of Windrush immigrants that was not of her making. No wonder she was uncomfortable answering searching questions from MPs, especially from Labour MP David Lammy, champion of Windrush migrants, indeed British citizens who were badly treated, some were even illegally deported.
The second thorniest issue Sajid inherited was the denial of visas to 200 Indian doctors; some were already working here for experience, to gain mastery in their chosen branch of medicine, such as oncology, gastroenteritis, optometry and heart surgery and already working in NHS, providing a valuable service to under-staffed NHS, in their hour of need.
It is indeed a surprise why PM sabotaged the visa applications of these doctors, fully supported by NHS where they are working and some employed directly from India. Mr Javid is set to scrap the artificial limit imposed by PM on issuing visas, especially for highly skilled applicants that may lead to conflict within the Cabinet. Then with Brexit dominating the agenda and split within the Cabinet, as well as political divide, even the future of this government and PM is uncertain, although I do not think PM will call another election in a hurry, no matter what lead various polls give to her and the Conservatives. Once bitten, twice shy will be her moto!
Bhupendra M. Gandhi
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