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The Conservative Party leadership contest is a drawn-out process, which may be wise given the scale of July’s defeat and the party’s lack of a clear philosophy in recent years. This also means that it moves at a snail’s pace. However, a revealing poll from the Popular Conservatism (PopCon) group shows that Robert Jenrick is currently pipping Kemi Badenoch to the Right-wing vote, 58% to 42%.
“If the final two candidates were as follows, who would you vote for?” One of the questions we asked in our latest survey of @Conservatives members. Read a summary of the results here: https://t.co/IhS7115aiI pic.twitter.com/1QVNq5SmSC
— popconuk (@popconuk) September 9, 2024
Both Jenrick and Badenoch have tried to appeal to the Right of the party base — the former on immigration and the latter on cultural issues — but it seems like his message is cutting through more clearly. PopCon, run by former IEA director and key Liz Truss ally Mark Littlewood, said grassroots Tory members want to see “major reform of the party structures and an unambiguously conservative policy platform”. What about the British public?
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