Regardless of what happens next, I have been enormously impressed by Kemi. For me, courage is the highest of virtues – and she has it in SPADES. Her time will come.
I’m actually pretty satisfied tonight. Not as happy as if she had got through to Round 5 (and I bet Team Sunak did stitch it up) but pleased nonetheless. We have a champion now! And she is soundness personified.
When the Tories come unstuck again and have another leadership race, she wins. If they lose the next election, she becomes leader and wins the election after that.
She will get a big job whoever wins, I guess Home Sec. She doesn’t need to back anyone – the eventual winner can’t ignore her.
And she will make the case over and over -measured, intelligent and good natured – on culture, sex, race, patriotism, independent self-government, controlling immigration and not bankrupting us in the unplanned pursuit of decarbonisation.
Well done Kemi!
Last edited 1 year ago by Matt M
Rangerista
1 year ago
Kemi Badenoch has been the most refreshing of the candidates. This year was maybe too soon for her, but she was a very impressive individual.
Get her two years cabinet experience and she’ll be set up to reclaim the Premiership for the Conservatives in 2029.
Geoffrey Hicking
1 year ago
“Polling from both ConHome and YouGov shows Badenoch beating everyone among the party membership.”
The membership should choose and eliminate candidates for MPs to vote on at the end. The process should be reversed.
Name me one contender that got to have another go and succeeded. If MPs don’t want Kemi in now, then when? I don’t think there’ll be another chance for her. Governments don’t last for ever. Opposition lasts a long time.
I’m left thinking that this leadership election process has flaws. It seems to me that important selections are made with zero input from non-MPs, while I’m also suspicious as to what’s happening with the arithmetic, and the influence created by individual MP’s ambitions for climbing aboard a band-wagon, rather than the longer-term electoral chances for the party.
While I take the debating between contenders as part of the rough and tumble of democracy, and useful in exposing participants to stress, it also provides ammunition for those wishing to damage the Conservative Party politics, easily done by inaccurate statements or implications, supported by extracts without context.
Mike Michaels
1 year ago
Unfortunately I don’t think Kemi’s time will come as if democracy didn’t die yesterday it will when the WEF candidate (that’s all 3 of the remaining charlatans) starts following orders.
Phil Rees
1 year ago
I think she should do nothing and let them stew in the juices of the mess the next 2 years is likely to be. I also think that the kind of tactical voting illustrates what an undemocratic and corrupt selection system the Party now has. The anonymity granted means that absolutely anything goes.
Fraser Bailey
1 year ago
Peter might be right to suggest that Kemi should have nothing to do with the next government, which will surely be a disaster.
Yes – Home Secretary is the poison chalice amongst the high offices of state. No-one – regardless of talent – can ever do the job well enough to please anyone, let alone everyone.
Arkadian X
1 year ago
Let’s not forget that Corbyn was chosen by the membership twice…
Regardless of what happens next, I have been enormously impressed by Kemi. For me, courage is the highest of virtues – and she has it in SPADES. Her time will come.
Her time will come, indeed, but in the meantime?
I’m actually pretty satisfied tonight. Not as happy as if she had got through to Round 5 (and I bet Team Sunak did stitch it up) but pleased nonetheless. We have a champion now! And she is soundness personified.
When the Tories come unstuck again and have another leadership race, she wins. If they lose the next election, she becomes leader and wins the election after that.
She will get a big job whoever wins, I guess Home Sec. She doesn’t need to back anyone – the eventual winner can’t ignore her.
And she will make the case over and over -measured, intelligent and good natured – on culture, sex, race, patriotism, independent self-government, controlling immigration and not bankrupting us in the unplanned pursuit of decarbonisation.
Well done Kemi!
Kemi Badenoch has been the most refreshing of the candidates. This year was maybe too soon for her, but she was a very impressive individual.
Get her two years cabinet experience and she’ll be set up to reclaim the Premiership for the Conservatives in 2029.
“Polling from both ConHome and YouGov shows Badenoch beating everyone among the party membership.”
The membership should choose and eliminate candidates for MPs to vote on at the end. The process should be reversed.
Name me one contender that got to have another go and succeeded. If MPs don’t want Kemi in now, then when? I don’t think there’ll be another chance for her. Governments don’t last for ever. Opposition lasts a long time.
I’m left thinking that this leadership election process has flaws. It seems to me that important selections are made with zero input from non-MPs, while I’m also suspicious as to what’s happening with the arithmetic, and the influence created by individual MP’s ambitions for climbing aboard a band-wagon, rather than the longer-term electoral chances for the party.
While I take the debating between contenders as part of the rough and tumble of democracy, and useful in exposing participants to stress, it also provides ammunition for those wishing to damage the Conservative Party politics, easily done by inaccurate statements or implications, supported by extracts without context.
Unfortunately I don’t think Kemi’s time will come as if democracy didn’t die yesterday it will when the WEF candidate (that’s all 3 of the remaining charlatans) starts following orders.
I think she should do nothing and let them stew in the juices of the mess the next 2 years is likely to be. I also think that the kind of tactical voting illustrates what an undemocratic and corrupt selection system the Party now has. The anonymity granted means that absolutely anything goes.
Peter might be right to suggest that Kemi should have nothing to do with the next government, which will surely be a disaster.
And my advice to Kemi from a well-wisher, nay, a fan, is to resist the offer of Home Secretary!
Yes – Home Secretary is the poison chalice amongst the high offices of state. No-one – regardless of talent – can ever do the job well enough to please anyone, let alone everyone.
Let’s not forget that Corbyn was chosen by the membership twice…