26 h. ago ELLIE REEVES: 'Badenoch and Farage would plunge Britain into coalitions of chaos'

Ellie Reeves, Labour's chair writes for the Mirror, saying Ms Badenoch had "made clear" that her party is open to deals with Reform if their vote is split in next month's local elections.

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58 h. ago One stock seems truly doomed this week: if you hold any Kemi Badenoch, accept my condolences | Marina Hyde

Hard to know if her leadership is sheer ineptitude or an act of artistic expression. This week, humiliated by Nigel Farage. Next week, who can tell?It’s intriguing to watch the Conservative party treating next month’s local elections in England like a movie in which it has a secret cameo. Please don’t spoil the surprise for the fans! But yes – it turns out it is actually in this film. Who knew? For all of Labour’s many upsets since it came to power, it doesn’t feel as though a single one has been skilfully turned in the Tories’ favour. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is very, very bad – so bad that you can’t even be bothered to come up with anything other than a will-this-do nickname for her. Kemi Very Badenoch.More often than not since KVB beat Robert Jenrick in the leadership equivalent of Argentina v West Germany, she has seemed to be running the party like a performance art project you really wouldn’t want to see. Sorry – that’s obviously a tautology. We can just say “like a p...

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3 d. ago Farage rejects Badenoch’s suggestion of potential local Tory

The Conservative leader has consistently ruled out any national deal with Reform, whose leader Mr Farage has vowed to ‘destroy’ the Tory party.

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3 d. ago Kemi Badenoch slated for saying Tories can form coalitions with Nigel Farage's Reform

Kemi Badenoch told BBC Breakfast that Conservative councillors would be free to form local coalitions with Reform, despite Nigel Farage threatening to destroy the Tories

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3 d. ago Local Tories could go into coalition with Reform, says Badenoch

The Tory leader said local Conservatives would have to stick to their principles and ‘do what is right for the people in their local area’.

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1 week ago Starmer targets Reform as Labour kicks off local election campaign

The Prime Minister was joined by his deputy Angela Rayner and Labour chairwoman Ellie Reeves.

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3 w. ago Tory frontbencher defies Kemi Badenoch by hinting there WILL be a deal with Reform

Shadow transport minister Greg Smith said there 'may well' be a point when the right-wing parties need to 'play nicely' to avoid a left-wing government.

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3 w. ago Kemi Badenoch vows 'lower taxes, better services' at Tory local election campaign launch as she says Nigel Farage's Reform 'have never run anything'

Ms Badenoch admitted that the Tories were likely to lose seats on May 1, having previously won many of them at the height of Tory popularity in 2021.

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3 w. ago Kemi Badenoch tears into 'reality TV star' Nigel Farage as she mocks Reform civil war and dismisses prospect of a merger with the Tories

The Conservative Party leader said that the Uk had to move away from 'politics as showbusiness' - a pointed reference to Mr Farage's lucrative appearance on I'm A Celebrity in 2023.

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3 w. ago Badenoch slams ‘celebrity’ Farage as she scraps Tory net zero 2050 pledge

The Conservative leader’s criticism of her political rival came after she said it was time to ‘get real’ about reaching the UK’s 2050 net zero target.

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3 w. ago Badenoch hits out at ‘celebrity’ Farage as she scraps Tory net zero 2050 pledge

The Conservative leader’s criticism of her political rival came after she said it was time to ‘get real’ about reaching the UK’s 2050 net zero target.

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