James Cleverly knocked out of Conservative leadership race — as Jenrick and Badenoch advance
James Cleverly has been knocked out of the Conservative leadership contest in the fourth and final round of voting by Tory MPs Former business secretary Kemi Badenoch topped the poll of MPs with 42 votes, followed by former immigration minister Robert Jenrick on 41 votes. They now advance to the contest’s membership voting stage. The […]
Robert Jenrick’s SAS claims are ‘irresponsible’, suggests leadership rival Tom Tugendhat
Jenrick claimed that special forces soldiers were deliberately killing terrorists rather than capturing them because of the ECHR.
Robert Jenrick is now best placed to win the Conservative leadership contest
The below content first appeared in Politics.co.uk’s Politics@Lunch newsletter, sign-up for free and never miss this daily briefing. It’s the penultimate day of Conservative Party conference and the Tories’ surprisingly energetic post-mortem continues in earnest. Former MPs, lost to the electoral wilderness in July, continue to peruse the conference fringe armed with novel theories that might […]
Labour calls for investigation into Robert Jenrick’s campaign over ‘legality’ of donations
The Labour Party has called for an investigation into Robert Jenrick’s Conservative leadership campaign. In a letter to the Electoral Commission, Ellie Reeves, chair of the Labour Party, has raised questions over the “legality” of donations made to the Conservative leadership frontrunner. As first reported by Tortoise Media, Jenrick received a £75,000 donation from The […]
Jenrick wants Conservative Party to be ‘trade union for the working people’ of Britain
Robert Jenrick has said he wants the Conservative Party to emerge as the “trade union for the working people” of Britain. Jenrick, a former immigration minister, is one of four contenders vying to lead the Conservative Party and is widely considered as the race’s frontrunner. In the first two rounds of MP voting, Jenrick finished […]
The rise of Robert Jenrick reveals a cunning, ruthless operator
Robert Jenrick’s strategy to put himself in this position speaks to a shrewdness that Conservative politics has proved utterly desolate of over recent years.
Jenrick kicks off leadership campaign with a focus on immigration
Robert Jenrick MP, the former Communities Secretary, has this afternoon kicked off his bid for the Conservative leadership with a rally in his Newark constituency. The rally is the first public event of the upcoming Conservative Party leadership contest. Addressing his supporters, Mr Jenrick played heavily on the fact that he had resigned as immigration […]
Conservative Party risks being ‘consigned to history’, Robert Jenrick warns
The Conservative Party may not be at its “lowest ebb”, former immigration minister Robert Jenrick has warned.
Week-in-Review: The Conservative Party risks spiralling further into incoherence
The below content first appeared in Politics.co.uk’s Week-in-Review newsletter, sign-up for free here and never miss this article. One of Britain’s best, and most underrated, election rituals is the concession speech. Dotted throughout results night, the address sees a vanquished incumbent verbally pass the parliamentary baton on to an opponent, all while extolling the virtues of […]
Could Robert Jenrick be the next Conservative Party leader?
It’s SW1’s worst-kept secret: the Conservative Party is looking over and beyond the horizon of the next election and plotting its future. Take the recent launch of Liz Truss’ Popular Conservative grouping or “movement” to uncritically adopt its rhetoric. Speaking to this latest faction’s inaugural conference, the former prime minister rejected accusations she holds hidden […]
