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thought that of the Big Four jobs Home Secretary was least favoured
My impression is, while treasury might be more powerful and foreign office has more cachet, the home office gives proto-fascists and hardliners a really good platform to endear themselves to their base. There’s many more votes from police and home office personnel than there are from the FCDO.
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Not sure. I thought that of the Big Four jobs Home Secretary was least favoured as you don't have the power that comes from holding the purse strings (Chancellor) or the ability to swan around waving flags and sounding hard while calling in air strikes (Foreign Secretary). Unless you have an unhealthy obsession with immigration like Priti Patel.