He had barely been in office for seventy-three days when observers of British political life were already talking about “Mahmoodism”. At 45 years old, the British Home Secretary may be little known to the general public, but his name is one that is often mentioned among serious rivals to the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer. Shabana Mahmood was a central figure in the reshuffle that promoted her, at the start of the school year, to the post of Home Minister, with the urgent mission of resolving one of the most complex crises of our time: border control and immigration.
In July 2024, a “disappointing tidal wave” bringing the Labor Party back to power, after fourteen years in opposition: 411 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, in a vote motivated by a strong desire for change from Britons exhausted by austerity, the management of Brexit, the pandemic and the scandal surrounding the conservative leader –
