Badenoch has served in a host of Cabinet roles under previous Tory leaders, and argued during the campaign that the Conservatives needed to rebuild, understand their purpose as a party and rid themselves of incoherency. Politically, Badenoch is on the right and advocates free markets and free speech. She has been unafraid to court controversy … Read more
Rishi Sunak, who lost the July election as Conservative leader, was fond of saying he was proud to be the U.K.’s first British-Asian prime minister — but “prouder that it was not that big a deal.” Badenoch was born in the U.K. and grew up in Nigeria, before returning to London as a teenager to … Read more
PERVERT Huw Edwards is just one of a growing number of online paedophiles spared jail, a Sun probe reveals. His case came amid dozens walking free despite sharing more than a million child abuse images in total. 9 Pervert Huw Edwards is just one of a growing number of online paedophiles spared jail, a Sun … Read more
To try and woo the members, whose “loyalty and dedication” she marveled at, the backbench Essex MP pledged to give them a “much greater voice and role” in policy making, offering a democratically elected party chairman. Internally, Patel emphasized the need for rebuttal units and professional party agents to help win seats. Having spent the … Read more
“It’s time to reset our relationship with our European friends and allies,” Lammy said. That language was echoed on Friday by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who told Starmer that she looked forward to meeting to discuss ways to “strengthen cooperation and reset the relationship” between the U.K. and EU, according to an … Read more
Patel spent the last two years on the backbenches after serving as home secretary when Boris Johnson was in No. 10. A prominent figure on the right, she’s dubbed a “dark horse” of the campaign who can keep the right wing on side while potentially winning over One Nation centrist MPs averse to a harder-right … Read more
Those now widely expected to put themselves forward include, on the right, former Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch, the early bookies’ favorite, and former Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick. Hardline former Home Secretaries Priti Patel and Suella Braverman have both been tipped as frontrunners, although one ally of Braverman said this was now less likely. Former Security … Read more
Bonfire of EU laws A similar dynamic has played out in issues ranging from workers’ rights to environmental protection. Threats to turn the U.K. into an offshore anarcho-capitalist paradise — occasionally used by British negotiators to threaten their EU counterparts — have in practice gone down no better in Bristol or Birmingham than they did … Read more
KEMI BADENOCH is one of the most high profile Conservative politicians and has previously run for leader. As the UK heads to the polls, here’s all you need to know about the Tory MP who’s seen as a potential future Prime Minister. 7 Kemi Badenoch attended cabinet as Secretary of State for the Department for … Read more
Indeed, Anderson — elected in 2019 after defecting from Labour — may be tapping into wider Tory sentiment. An Opinium poll of Conservative Party members released Wednesday by the advocacy group Hope not Hate found that more than half (58 percent) believe Islam is a “threat to the British way of life.” A further 40 … Read more
