Priti Patel has bequeathed Suella Braverman a situation that has disintegrated into chaos
The former home secretary Priti Patel had a whiteboard behind her ministerial desk on which she had written out a list of her priorities. For much of her time in office the top three issues were: deal with small boats, cut crime, protect national security.
When she left the cabinet in September, Patel was unable to point to much progress on priority number one and the situation she bequeathed her successor, Suella Braverman, has rapidly disintegrated into chaos.
