Suella Braverman blasts Kemi Badenoch as Tories ignore calls for unity

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. She also named her rival Kemi Badenoch, tweeting: “I’d be interested in knowing whether Kemi thinks I’m having a ‘very public nervous breakdown’.” Ms Badenoch reportedly made the breakdown comments as the Conservative frontbench met for the first time since losing power on Tuesday. Kemi Badenoch reportedly used Rishi Sunak’s first shadow cabinet meeting to criticise his election campaign Dame Andrea Jenkyns also called Ms Badenoch “weak” for not criticising Mr Sunak sooner - and accused her of “trying to appear strong because there is a leadership election”. At the first shadow cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the shadow housing secretary is also said to have described the former prime minister’s decision to call an early general election without informing his cabinet as a mistake, bordering on “unconstitutional”. Rishi Sunak's first speech as leader of the opposition in the House of Commons Ms Badenoch’s remarks come after a number of shadow cabinet ministers paid tribute to Mr Sunak, with former chancellor Jeremy Hunt praising his “work ethic, dignity and commitment to public service”, which he said prevented the party from suffering an even worse defeat to Labour.