Kemi Badenoch faces backlash after claiming Covid Partygate row was ‘overblown’
2 months ago

Kemi Badenoch faces backlash after claiming Covid Partygate row was ‘overblown’

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Bereaved families who lost loved ones to Covid have condemned Kemi Badenoch for hailing Boris Johnson as a “great prime minister” and claiming that the Partygate scandal was “overblown”. open image in gallery New Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said Partygate was ‘overblown’ Lobby Akinnola, a spokesman for the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice who lost his father during the pandemic, told The Independent Ms Badenoch’s comment was “cruel and highlights just how detached politicians can be from the people they represent”. open image in gallery Lobby Akinnola and his father Femi, who died in April 2020 with Covid “Her praise of Johnson flies in the face of the evidence heard in the COVID Inquiry and makes it all the more incumbent that the sitting government enact the recommendations from the Inquiry’s Module 1 report.” Speaking the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Ms Badenoch had said: “I thought Boris Johnson was a great prime minister, but there were some serious issues that were not being resolved and I think that during that tenure the public thought that we were not speaking for them or looking out for them, we were in it for ourselves. Lib Dem Cabinet Office spokesman Sarah Olney said: “Kemi Badenoch’s comments are an insult to those who lost family members during the pandemic while Boris Johnson partied and lied.

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SARAH VINE: Sorry, Kemi, but nobbling Naughty Nigel must be your No 1 priority
1 week, 4 days ago

SARAH VINE: Sorry, Kemi, but nobbling Naughty Nigel must be your No 1 priority

Daily Mail  

A businessman friend once explained the basic rule of retail to me: if people aren't buying what you're selling, it's your fault, not theirs. By contrast, Nigel Farage's Reform is like Amazon, or, scarier still, the ever-expanding TikTok Shop. Nigel Farage's Reform is like the ever-expanding TikTok Shop. How typical of him to exploit this time of year, when most …

Kemi Badenoch's feud with Reform escalates
1 week, 4 days ago

Kemi Badenoch's feud with Reform escalates

Daily Mail  

Kemi Badenoch’s unprecedented feud with Nigel Farage escalated tonight over claims she urged the head of a television station to cut the airtime given to the Reform UK leader. Mr Farage has a primetime show on the Right-wing channel, which also airs other programmes fronted by Reform figures, including chief whip Lee Anderson and former Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns – …

Kemi Badenoch has fallen for Nigel Farage’s membership trap – hook, line and sinker
1 week, 6 days ago

Kemi Badenoch has fallen for Nigel Farage’s membership trap – hook, line and sinker

The Independent  

It was a classic Boxing Day publicity stunt, so you can see why Kemi Badenoch is suspicious of Nigel Farage’s claim – on a quiet news day – that his party has overtaken the Conservatives in members. She called Reform’s automated online ticker “fakery”, thus falling effortlessly into the trap that Farage set. This dispute could run for days if …

Can Kemi Badenoch turn the Tories’ fortunes around?
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Can Kemi Badenoch turn the Tories’ fortunes around?

The Independent  

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has insisted she will not be rushed into policy positions, claiming there is no “quick fix” following the party’s historic defeat in July’s general election. Nearer to the next general election she will no doubt be pushed by circumstances into making some definite policy commitments, but they too may be vague and hedged around with caveats …

Kemi Badenoch says being Tory leader is ‘going as well as it possibly could’
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Kemi Badenoch says being Tory leader is ‘going as well as it possibly could’

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Kemi Badenoch has said her time as Tory leader has gone …

Badenoch: No quick fix for the Tory party
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Badenoch: No quick fix for the Tory party

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “And I think what many commentators need to understand is that this is a …

Nigerian government hits out at Kemi Badenoch after she criticised country
4 weeks ago

Nigerian government hits out at Kemi Badenoch after she criticised country

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy New Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is embroiled in a diplomatic row …

Kemi Badenoch holds talks with Donald Trump's vice president JD Vance in bid to build ties
1 month ago

Kemi Badenoch holds talks with Donald Trump's vice president JD Vance in bid to build ties

Daily Mail  

Kemi Badenoch has held talks with Donald Trump’s deputy as she seeks to build ties with the incoming Republican administration. The Conservative Party leader had dinner in Washington with vice-president-elect JD Vance on Saturday night to discuss Mr Trump’s agenda and her views on the future of the Right. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch had dinner in Washington with US vice-president …

Nadine Dorries uses new book to continue feud with Kemi Badenoch over Boris Johnson’s downfall
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Nadine Dorries uses new book to continue feud with Kemi Badenoch over Boris Johnson’s downfall

The Independent  

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Kemi Badenoch cuts two points off Labour’s lead in her first week as Tory leader
2 months ago

Kemi Badenoch cuts two points off Labour’s lead in her first week as Tory leader

The Independent  

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Kemi Badenoch attacks ‘cruel family farms tax’ in PMQs debut
2 months ago

Kemi Badenoch attacks ‘cruel family farms tax’ in PMQs debut

The Independent  

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Kemi Badenoch tells her new Tory top team to 'take the fight to Labour' - as she prepares for her first Commons clash with Keir Starmer TODAY
2 months ago

Kemi Badenoch tells her new Tory top team to 'take the fight to Labour' - as she prepares for her first Commons clash with Keir Starmer TODAY

Daily Mail  

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch last night told her new shadow cabinet to take the fight to Labour, as she prepared for her first Commons clash with Sir Keir Starmer this afternoon. ‘Nothing can be allowed to stand in the way of this critical mission.’ Kemi Badenoch gathered her shadow cabinet for the first time today as she moves to unite …

Kemi Badenoch made ‘rape joke’ on social media in unearthed post
2 months ago

Kemi Badenoch made ‘rape joke’ on social media in unearthed post

The Independent  

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From gaffe-prone Philp to hardliner Patel, who makes up Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet?
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2 months ago

From gaffe-prone Philp to hardliner Patel, who makes up Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet?

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mel Stride was made shadow chancellor in a bid to …

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: The vicious slurs on Kemi Badenoch shame Labour
2 months ago

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: The vicious slurs on Kemi Badenoch shame Labour

Daily Mail  

Within hours of Kemi Badenoch becoming Tory leader, the supposedly liberal Left launched a vicious and wholly predictable hate campaign against her. One might think the election of the first black woman to head a major UK political party would be a cause for celebration among those who claim to cherish diversity and equality of opportunity. One of those fuelling …

New Tory leader Kemi Badenoch names her defeated rival Robert Jenrick as shadow justice secretary, while Priti Patel becomes shadow foreign secretary and Mel Stride is shadow chancellor as she puts to
2 months ago

New Tory leader Kemi Badenoch names her defeated rival Robert Jenrick as shadow justice secretary, while Priti Patel becomes shadow foreign secretary and Mel Stride is shadow chancellor as she puts to

Daily Mail  

Kemi Badenoch has started appointing her top team as the new Tory leader insists she can defeat Labour at the next election. Ms Badenoch has made Priti Patel shadow foreign secretary in a stunning comeback for the former Cabinet minister, while Mel Stride becomes shadow chancellor. She also tonight named her defeated rival Robert Jenrick, who she beat in the …

Kemi Badenoch appoints the first member of her shadow cabinet after winning Tory leadership race
2 months ago

Kemi Badenoch appoints the first member of her shadow cabinet after winning Tory leadership race

Daily Mail  

Newly-elected Tory party leader Kemi Badenoch has appointed the first member of her new shadow cabinet. Harris, first elected in 2010, will be charged with maintaining discipline and ensuring her party's MPs vote in line with the shadow cabinet's wishes. Newly-elected Tory party leader Kemi Badenoch has appointed the first member of her new shadow cabinet Harris most recently worked …

Pollsters warn Kemi Badenoch to avoid being ‘overly combative’ to win back voters
2 months ago

Pollsters warn Kemi Badenoch to avoid being ‘overly combative’ to win back voters

The Independent  

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Is Kemi Badenoch the right person to rebuild the Tories?
2 months ago

Is Kemi Badenoch the right person to rebuild the Tories?

The Independent  

The thing to understand about Kemi Badenoch is that, for all her manifest shortcomings, she is not stupid. No – unmistakably a woman of the Right who’d had private qualms about the Heath government’s statist instincts and interventionist tendencies, she felt she had to build an inclusive shadow cabinet and to develop new policies carefully and as collegiately as possible. …

New Tory leader Kemi Badenoch slams Rachel Reeves for boasting about being the first female Chancellor - saying it's a 'very low glass ceiling' and 'not as significant as what other women have achieve
2 months ago

New Tory leader Kemi Badenoch slams Rachel Reeves for boasting about being the first female Chancellor - saying it's a 'very low glass ceiling' and 'not as significant as what other women have achieve

Daily Mail  

Kemi Badenoch today slammed Rachel Reeves for boasting about being the first female Chancellor. In a series of eye-catching interventions the day after winning the Tory crown Ms Badenoch: Insisted she will make the Tories a meritocracy but admitted forging her shadow cabinet will be 'tricky' after a slew of big beasts announced they do not want to serve; Said …

Why I’m thrilled Kemi Badenoch is the new Tory leader
2 months ago

Why I’m thrilled Kemi Badenoch is the new Tory leader

The Independent  

The Conservatives like to make a big deal about their diversity, having had three women leaders, the “first Asian prime minister” and the “most diverse cabinet in history”. And yet, you might be wondering how, and why, Kemi Badenoch, a Black woman – the Wimbledon-born daughter of Nigerian parents, whose childhood was spent in part in Lagos and the United …

Kemi Badenoch calls for Tories to be honest about mistakes as she’s elected Conservative leader
2 months ago

Kemi Badenoch calls for Tories to be honest about mistakes as she’s elected Conservative leader

The Independent  

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Kemi Badenoch’s first duty must be to provide an effective opposition
2 months ago

Kemi Badenoch’s first duty must be to provide an effective opposition

The Independent  

The election of Kemi Badenoch as leader of the Conservative Party is an intriguing moment. Not only would withdrawal from the ECHR have been wrong in principle, it would not be the magic solution to the problem of irregular immigration – a point made with some courage by Ms Badenoch – and the policy would have plunged the Tory party …

The new Conservatives: who might get the top jobs as new leader Kemi Badenoch begins her project of reviving beaten party
2 months, 1 week ago

The new Conservatives: who might get the top jobs as new leader Kemi Badenoch begins her project of reviving beaten party

Daily Mail  

Kemi Badenoch has made no secret of the fact that she sees her main task as Conservative Party leader as effectively that of a cleaner. Both pledged to serve under the other and given his anti-immigrant stance, Mr Jenrick may have his eyes on becoming shadow home secretary, having previously been immigration minister in the Home Office, though it seems …

Kemi Badenoch has a fatal flaw – and she will fail as Tory leader if she doesn’t address it
2 months, 1 week ago

Kemi Badenoch has a fatal flaw – and she will fail as Tory leader if she doesn’t address it

The Independent  

As the new Conservative leader, If Kemi Badenoch will need to learn from a big mistake she has made during the leadership contest. We are not going to play their game.” Badenoch told Sophy Ridge on Sky News this week: “What I find very frustrating is I’m asked a speculative question where I give a speculative thought, and that is …

Badenoch has the strength to fight both Labour and Reform
2 months, 1 week ago

Badenoch has the strength to fight both Labour and Reform

The Telegraph  

Being leader of the opposition is known as the worst job in politics, and Kemi Badenoch might find that is putting it mildly as she contemplates the scale of the task she now faces. The Tories should rightly use this moment to celebrate the fact that they have elected the first black leader of a major political party – not …

New Leader Emerges in Conservative Party as Party Rebounds from Election Defeat
2 months, 1 week ago

New Leader Emerges in Conservative Party as Party Rebounds from Election Defeat

New Indian Express  

UK Conservative Party chooses Kemi Badenoch as its new leader. Badenoch, the first Black woman to lead a major British political party, defeated rival Robert Jenrick in a vote of almost 100,000 members of the right-of-center party. She replaces Rishi Sunak, who led the Conservatives to their worst election result since 1832. Badenoch's task is to restore the party's reputation …

U.K. Conservatives pick Kemi Badenoch as their party's new leader
2 months, 1 week ago

U.K. Conservatives pick Kemi Badenoch as their party's new leader

NPR  

U.K. Conservatives pick Kemi Badenoch as their party's new leader toggle caption Alberto Pezzali/AP LONDON — Britain’s Conservative Party on Saturday elected outspoken lawmaker Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power. The new leader’s daunting task is to try to restore the party’s reputation after …

Telegraph readers on Kemi Badenoch’s victory: ‘She will give Starmer a headache’
2 months, 1 week ago

Telegraph readers on Kemi Badenoch’s victory: ‘She will give Starmer a headache’

The Telegraph  

On July 5, former prime minister Rishi Sunak announced he would be stepping down as leader of the Conservatives. Six candidates entered the race to become the next party leader: Priti Patel, Mel Stride, Tom Tugendhat, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch. ‘A little bit of Thatcher about her’ Many readers expressed enthusiasm for the result, voicing high expectations …

Kemi Badenoch: The darling of the Tory right bidding to lead them back to power
2 months, 1 week ago

Kemi Badenoch: The darling of the Tory right bidding to lead them back to power

The Independent  

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Badenoch says husband frustrated by claims she is ‘preoccupied’ with children
2 months, 2 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Conservative leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch has described her husband as …

Kemi Badenoch hits out at Boris Johnson’s Partygate fines
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Kemi Badenoch hits out at Boris Johnson’s Partygate fines

The Independent  

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No 10 slaps down Tory MP over claim Kemi Badenoch is ‘preoccupied’ by family
2 months, 3 weeks ago

No 10 slaps down Tory MP over claim Kemi Badenoch is ‘preoccupied’ by family

The Independent  

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Kemi Badenoch blasts back after senior Tory MP claimed she could struggle as party leader because she's 'preoccupied with her children'
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Kemi Badenoch blasts back after senior Tory MP claimed she could struggle as party leader because she's 'preoccupied with her children'

Daily Mail  

Kemi Badenoch tonight blasted back at a senior Conservative MP who suggested she might struggle as party leader because she's 'preoccupied with her children'. The former Cabinet minister dismissed claims by Sir Christopher Chope that being a mother-of-three would hinder her as leader of the opposition. Kemi Badenoch blasted back at a senior Conservative MP who suggested she might struggle …

Tory MP sparks backlash for ‘astonishing comments’ about Kemi Badenoch’s family
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Tory MP sparks backlash for ‘astonishing comments’ about Kemi Badenoch’s family

The Independent  

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Would-be Tory leader Kemi Badenoch vows to offer JK Rowling a peerage praising her 'fight' on gender rights
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Would-be Tory leader Kemi Badenoch vows to offer JK Rowling a peerage praising her 'fight' on gender rights

Daily Mail  

Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch has pledged to offer JK Rowling a peerage praising her 'fight' on gender rights. Ms Badenoch said Ms Rowling and paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass - who carried out a review of NHS gender identity services - should get 'protection' because they are 'attacked relentlessly by all sorts of oddballs and bad people'. Tory leadership hopeful …

Tory centrists should back Kemi Badenoch and not boycott leadership vote, urges party grandee
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Tory centrists should back Kemi Badenoch and not boycott leadership vote, urges party grandee

The Independent  

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Kemi Badenoch handed £5,000 by councillor who dismissed ‘grossly exaggerated’ Grenfell concerns
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Kemi Badenoch handed £5,000 by councillor who dismissed ‘grossly exaggerated’ Grenfell concerns

The Independent  

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Badenoch vs Jenrick: The final Tory leadership candidates unpacked, from spats to schooling
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Badenoch vs Jenrick: The final Tory leadership candidates unpacked, from spats to schooling

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Following the surprise knock-out of James Cleverly, Conservative members will …

Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick: What policies set the final two Tory leadership candidates apart
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick: What policies set the final two Tory leadership candidates apart

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Conservative leadership election has been whittled down to the two …

‘Badenoch is a Thatcher for our times’: Readers on who should be the next Tory leader
2 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Badenoch is a Thatcher for our times’: Readers on who should be the next Tory leader

The Telegraph  

Meanwhile, Ian Cunliffe stated his conditions for Mr Jenrick to become a successful Tory leader. He said: “Jenrick as leader would stand the best chance of getting me back but only so long as he doesn’t go soft on immigration and the ECHR. “I would also like to hear him be much more strident against wokeness such as ‘assigning gender’ …

Kemi Badenoch vows to make Chancellor ‘wriggle’ and Prime Minister ‘sweat’
3 months, 1 week ago

Kemi Badenoch vows to make Chancellor ‘wriggle’ and Prime Minister ‘sweat’

The Independent  

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Kemi Badenoch says up to 50,000 ‘very, very bad’ civil servants should be jailed
3 months, 1 week ago

Kemi Badenoch says up to 50,000 ‘very, very bad’ civil servants should be jailed

The Independent  

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Badenoch warns Tories are no longer ‘natural party of government’ in 40-page booklet on Conservatives in crisis
3 months, 1 week ago

Badenoch warns Tories are no longer ‘natural party of government’ in 40-page booklet on Conservatives in crisis

The Independent  

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Robert Jenrick closing in on Kemi Badenoch in Tory leadership race, poll shows
3 months, 1 week ago

Robert Jenrick closing in on Kemi Badenoch in Tory leadership race, poll shows

The Independent  

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Home Office officials should not want to look after refugees, Kemi Badenoch says
4 months, 1 week ago

Home Office officials should not want to look after refugees, Kemi Badenoch says

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. At a speech in central London launching her Renewal 2030 campaign, Ms Badenoch said: “Many …

Badenoch launches Tory leadership campaign with attack on Doctor Who
4 months, 1 week ago

Badenoch launches Tory leadership campaign with attack on Doctor Who

The Independent  

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Kemi Badenoch Enters Tory Leadership Race as Frontrunner
5 months, 1 week ago

Kemi Badenoch Enters Tory Leadership Race as Frontrunner

Live Mint  

-- Former UK Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch is joining the race to lead the Conservative Party following the worst election defeat in its history, with bookmakers currently making her favorite to win the contest. “It’s become a dirty word, but our renewal must also mean a renewal for capitalism.” Badenoch is the sixth candidate to throw her hat into the …

‘No bulls--t’ and Thatcherite thinking: The unstoppable rise of Kemi Badenoch
6 months, 2 weeks ago

‘No bulls--t’ and Thatcherite thinking: The unstoppable rise of Kemi Badenoch

The Telegraph  

Badenoch announced her bid for the leadership election in 2022 with a quote from Sowell: “If you want to help people, tell them the truth; if you want to help yourself, tell them what they want to hear.” It is difficult to locate a hinterland beyond politics in Badenoch’s reading. “When you have gender ideology and critical race theory permeating …

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