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Kemi Badenoch reclaims number one spot in Tory Cabinet poll
The people's (Tory members') choice? Credit: Getty
Happening today beneath the surface
The people's (Tory members') choice? Credit: Getty
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SubscribeIn July 2022 Kemi Badenoch joined dozens of ministers in petulantly resigning from government to force out the democratically elected Prime Minister. At the time the Tories were averaging around 33% in the polls, Labour’s lead was in the low single digits, and Reform were at 2-3%. The putsch Badenoch participated in may have brought about the permanent end of the Conservatives as a party of government, given its calamitously weak position amongst the under 50s, and the disastrous subsequent performance of Truss and Sunak, who were always the likely alternatives to Johnson. Thanks Kemi.
We’re not America. The only people who “democratically elected” Boris were the voters in his constituency. He lost the confidence of the parliamentary party and got ousted. It happened to Thatcher too, and it wasn’t a “putsch” then either.
Johnson had a mandate. A government with Sunak as PM, Hunt as Chancellor and Cameron as Foreign Secretary not only has no mandate, it is squatting in office in direct contravention of the 2019 election result and Conservative manifesto. MPs have no personal mandate; they are elected on the basis of party label. Voters do not give them a blank cheque, and they should not act as if they have one.
I wonder if Steve-O realizes he has contradicted himself completely within the space of a few sentences?
Probably not. Anyone who can’t see what a chancer Bunter is clearly isn’t too smart.
“Johnson had a mandate.” v. “MPs have no personal mandate; they are elected on the basis of party label.”
Was Johnson elected leader of the Johnson party? You seem very confused.
I do not get the interest in Penny Mordaunt at all. Is it the sword-carrying being good for her image?
She’s got that blonde matronly disciplinarian vibe. Ever since Thatcher, it causes some Tories to go a bit gaga.
Kemi Badenoch has been great against gender ideology. She’s also a very intelligent and articulate speaker. She will make a great party leader, although whether she can bring back a conservative majority or not, we can’t tell.
It’s very strange reading about supposedly racist Britain. The prime minister is of Indian descent and a Hindu. The currently most popular conservative is a black woman.
Kemi vs Reform idelogues- a scrap to come worth watching. She of course refused to action the bonfire of c4000 bits of EU law promulgated by Mogg et al.
Quite like her. But untested and the Right wing nut jobs won’t fancy someone with common sense when it gets beyond infantile slogans.