Punish Pushy

PRITI Patel’s secretive undeclared meetings in Israel alongside a Tory lobbyist with politicians and business people is another blow to Theresa May’s authority.

The PM’s ill-disciplined Cabinet thinks it can do what it likes at the cost of good governance and our national and international interests.

Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land and its blockade of Gaza have created one of the world’s most enduring conflicts.

So what smacks of a freelance mission by an over-ambitious Minister isn’t at all helpful.

Pushy Patel must be held to account by May. She has a responsibility to at least try to head a Government speaking with one voice.