Kemi Badenoch: Local election results will not be reflection of my leadership
Kemi Badenoch has said the upcoming local election results will not be a reflection of her leadership of the Conservative Party. Thursday’s polls are Badenoch’s first electoral test since she became Tory leader, following her party’s defeat in last year’s general election. The Conservatives currently hold about half the seats up for election, and Badenoch […]
Week-in-Review: Robert Jenrick’s blatant manoeuvring bodes ill for Badenoch
Robert Jenrick is everywhere: read his scathing commentary in the opinion pages of the Telegraph, for whom his output surpasses most regular columnists. Catch him in the GB News studio, either as presenter or star guest. His social media feed, meanwhile, has been curated with polished to-camera videos. In the commons, every institutional avenue is […]
PMQs verdict: In her comfort zone, Kemi Badenoch was still exposed
Kemi Badenoch was in her political and ideological comfort zone at prime minister’s questions this afternoon. Since her elevation as leader in November 2024, ConservativeHome has tracked in real-time how far — and how quickly — Badenoch’s fortunes have fallen among the Tory grassroots. In the Conservative bible’s latest league table, she ranks as a […]
Badenoch urged to sack Robert Jenrick over Reform-Tory ‘coalition’ comments
The Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, has been urged to sack Robert Jenrick for his comments appearing to endorse a “coalition” with Reform UK. The shadow justice secretary, who finished second to Badenoch in the 2024 Conservative leadership contest, hinted at a Tory-Reform pact in a leaked recording obtained by Sky News. Jenrick can be heard […]
Kemi Badenoch opens door to Conservative deals with Reform UK at local level
Kemi Badenoch has appeared to condone the prospect of Conservative councillors forming coalitions with local counterparts in Reform UK. The Conservative leader has consistently ruled out any national deal with Reform, citing leader Nigel Farage’s pledge to “destroy” the Tories. But Badenoch has now suggested that the picture is different for Conservatives at a local […]
Anatomy of a Kemi Badenoch row
From the totemic to the trivial, no news cycle is immune to that most inevitable of developments: an intervention from Kemi Badenoch. Since securing the Conservative leadership in November, Badenoch has questioned the veracity of Reform UK’s membership ticker; suggested the Partygate scandal was “overblown”; scolded the humble sandwich as “not real food”; claimed (erroneously) […]
Kemi Badenoch: Adolescence creators ‘fundamentally changed’ story it is based on
Kemi Badenoch has suggested that the creators of the hit Netflix series, Adolescence, “fundamentally changed” the story it is supposedly based on — and that while it touches on a societal issue, “there are bigger problems” such as Islamic terrorism. Co-creator Jack Thorne recently rubbished a theory spread on social media that the series changed […]
PMQs verdict: Keir Starmer’s subtext, directed at Vance and Badenoch, was scathing
The Conservative leader, quashing her every instinct and political impulse, stressed a series of cross-party talking points
PMQs verdict: Keir Starmer brushes Badenoch aside with ease
Prime minister’s questions this afternoon did not display the same combative grit that we have grown accustomed to across recent sessions. Kemi Badenoch’s questions were more consciously consensual than previous lines of inquiry; at one point, she even attempted a pleasantry. Meanwhile, her lines of attack — when she did pursue them — were limper. […]
Kemi Badenoch: UK must be willing to ‘disengage’ from international bodies
The government must be willing to “disengage” from international bodies if they are overtaken by “activists” or autocratic regimes like China or Russia, Kemi Badenoch will say in a foreign policy speech on Tuesday. In what is a significant hint the Conservatives could advocate leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) under her leadership, […]
