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→ Farage: Suella Braverman won’t be next Tory leader
Nigel Farage has long demurred about becoming leader of the Conservative Party, but who does he think could succeed Rishi Sunak? Speaking today at an event in Westminster to present Reform UK’s four elected MPs, including himself (it has since been confirmed that the party has a fifth Member after a recount in South Basildon and East Thurrock), Farage expressed doubt that fellow immigration-sceptic Suella Braverman would take the poisoned Tory chalice.
When told by a reporter that the former home secretary would welcome him into the Tory fold, Farage said: “Well, Suella Braverman won’t be leader of the Conservative Party, because she won’t make the last two — of that I’m pretty certain.” With several leadership hopefuls losing their seats last night, maybe Suella is in with a chance…
→ Is Joe Biden losing MSNBC?
Over the last week, several Left-leaning newspapers have broken cover by turning against Joe Biden. And now it appears as though MSNBC, America’s foremost liberal news network, is heading in the same direction.
>> @JoeNBC, who is personally close to Biden and hosts Biden’s favorite morning show, is back on the air for the first time in a week. He said last Friday that Biden needs to consider getting out of the race, and “I think we’re still there,” Scarborough said. Here’s more >> pic.twitter.com/tmZ5rLJNrF
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 5, 2024
Until this week, Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough was one of Biden’s biggest outriders in the media. He regularly praised the President’s vim and vigour, stating that Biden was “fired up” to take on Trump. But this week, Scarborough’s tone was far more muted, saying that “we’re still there” when discussing whether it was time for Biden to drop out of the race.
It’s not the most emphatic repudiation of the President, but it certainly marks a big turnaround since just a few months ago. Evidently, Sleepy Joe is losing Morning Joe…
→ Labour performs poorly with young voters
Despite the happiness of most young voters to see the back of the Conservative Party, they are not overjoyed about Keir Starmer. A new poll shows that Labour has had its worst result with young people since 2010, falling by 16 percentage points since 2019.
️ How 18-24s voted in 2024 election:
LAB 40% (-16)
GRN 15% (+11)
CON 14% (-6)Worst Labour result with young people since **2010**.
Via Lord Ashcroft polls, 4 July 2024 (+/- vs 2019) pic.twitter.com/Gmp1TKjP6w
— Stats for Lefties ️⚧️ (@LeftieStats) July 5, 2024
Indeed, there was no “youthquake” at all in this election. The Greens improved dramatically on 2019’s results, with 15% of 18-24-year-olds opting for the party. The Tories will be disappointed but hardly surprised at landing 14%. Meanwhile, Reform got 8% of the youth vote. As Eric Kaufman wrote only yesterday in UnHerd, young people are still more often progressive than not despite the Rightward shift we hear so much about. No pleasing this lot…
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SubscribeBraverman – that the ex Home Office SoS who signed off tens of thousands immigration visas and then performatively resigned when she judged advantageous? She reeks of insincerity and lack of integrity. She’s going nowhere.
In meantime, just to bring some cheer to many Unherd regulars, guess who’s risen to be Deputy PM? Yep our Ang. There is a God.
She’s the John Prescott for the 2020’s, just not as classy or clever.
Getting to be Deputy PM – Not many of us do that do we.
Oh dearie me, that’s not even close to the most embarrassing thing Labour has done in its first 24hours.
David Lammy, Foreign Secretary. New New Labour’s epitaph, written on its first day.
I’m enjoying myself already.
I’m holding out for New New New Labour.
And Red Ed as Energy Security and Net Zero Strategy. An oxymoron with a moron leading it.
Seems the Labour membership like a gobby fraudster with a secret admiration for Thatcher.
I give you my firmest assurance that, if chosen to be the next Tory leader, I will conduct a purge that, while bloody, will be short. Only a mild reign of terror.
Possibly the Jeremy Corbyn effect. Good to see JC back in Parliament only to watch the P M ‘s reaction to someone he once called a friend and who he would have preferred to see as Prime Minister rather than Boris Johnson.
Guess the English youngsters don’t know what will hit them if the Greens ever become part of a government. They should learn from the German under 24 …
I mean seriously, who cares
The BBC might be on to something looking at a contest between Ms Atkins and Jenrick as they both appeared this Sunday morning.