5 hours ago Kemi Badenoch accuses Labour of wanting to teach children to be 'ashamed' of Britain's past

Some critics complain she is too abrasive to ever win over the public, while supporters insist she is the breath of fresh air the Tories need after being sent packing by the public in July.

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7 hours ago Badenoch says husband frustrated by claims she is ‘preoccupied’ with children

The Tory leadership hopeful added that her husband Hamish has ‘worries’ about her safety.

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17 hours ago Braverman defends using personal email for work as minister, claiming there’s ‘tedious’ explanation – UK politics live

Suella Braverman forwarded government documents to her private email accounts at least 127 times while serving as attorney generalLast week Michael Gove, the former cabinet minister and Kemi Badenoch ally, said that Robert Jenrick would not be ideal as party leader because he looked like a “Tory boy”.In an interview with BBC Breakfast this morning, Jenrick hit back. As the Mirror reports, when asked about the jibe, Jenrick said:Well, the last person I would take advice from in a leadership contest I think is Michael Gove I don’t know what [Tory boy] really means I didn’t come from a traditional conservative background.Neither of my parents were card carrying members of the Conservative party I don’t consider myself to be a ‘Tory boy.’ I want the Conservative party to be the trade union ...

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22 hours ago Battered but bizarrely upbeat: why even utter defeat hasn’t shaken the Tory party’s confidence | Andy Beckett

The Conservatives believe that they uniquely represent British values – so what need is there to admit the UK is changing? Why exactly are the Conservatives so upbeat, barely three months after their worst-ever election defeat? At their party conference, in their leadership contest and in the Tory press, the mood has been unexpectedly positive, even unrepentant, with relatively few recriminations and little deep reflection. During the conference, I lost count of how often people told me the party would be back in power within a few years.There are some straightforward explanations: Labour’s troubles trying to run the country; Tory relief that they have been given a break from that difficult task; the displacement activity of the leadership contest; and the fact that the grind of opposit...

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26 hours ago NADINE DORRIES: The next Tory leader needs two things: an ability to heal the party and the force of personality to take on Starmer. Only Robert Jenrick can deliver on both

The Tories have again clambered onto the merry-go-round of a leadership election. On November 2, Jenrick or Badenoch will become the fourth person to lead our party in just over two years.

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