Kemi Badenoch's feud with Reform escalates

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 – as well as Mrs Badenoch’s Tory colleague and former leadership rival Robert Jenrick. He has a primetime show on the Right-wing channel, which also airs other programmes fronted by Reform figures Britain's main opposition Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch speaking during Prime Minister's Questions on December 18, 2024 More In Common’s poll found that if an election was held today, Reform and the Tories would have 294 seats between them – compared with 228 for Labour. At the meeting with Mr Frangopoulos and GB News editorial director Mick Booker, Mrs Badenoch is understood to have mentioned Mr Farage’s prominence and possible regulatory issues. The Tory brand is dying under her leadership.’ A Tory source accused the Reform UK leader of being fixated with Mrs Badenoch, saying: ‘Nigel Farage is obsessing about Kemi with fake outrage and threats while Kemi is spending time with her family.’ A GB News spokesman said the ‘very constructive’ meeting took place without acrimony.