Tory insiders fear Robert Jenrick is stoking division to fuel leadership ambitions | Conservatives
Tories say Robert Jenrick is stirring up division to fuel his own leadership ambitions, as community groups slam the shadow attorney general for describing British Pakistanis as “people of another culture” have been unofficially criticized. The Liberal Democrats criticized the Tory leader's chemistry after backing Mr Jenrick's claim that mass immigration meant Britain had imported […]
Farage Threatens Legal Action Against Tory Leader Badenoch
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will have to apologize for accusing the populist party of fabricating figures showing Reform outnumbered the Conservatives in paid membership, or Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch. threatened to sue him. A war of words broke out after Reform Britain claimed on Boxing Day that it now had more members than […]
Tory donor Lord Bamford funds helicopter flight for Nigel Farage | Party funding
A company run by Tory mega-donor Anthony Bamford has funded Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's helicopter trip with £8,000. Lord Bamford, who was a Tory peer until he resigned from the House of Lords this year, has donated millions of pounds to the Conservative Party and is a close ally of Boris Johnson, providing accommodation […]
English councils free to adopt four-day week after Labour drops Tory concerns | Four-day week
Britain's parliament will have the right to adopt a four-day working week after the government dropped concerns raised when the Conservatives were in power. South Cambridgeshire District Council has imposed a four-day working week for more than a year after a controversial 15-month trial in March showed staff performance had largely improved or remained the […]
Tory MP says Badenoch too ‘preoccupied with her children’ to lead party | Conservatives
A veteran Tory MP has sparked outrage after saying he would not support Kemi Badenoch to become Conservative Party leader because she is “preoccupied with her children”. Sir Christopher Chope told ITV News that the front-runner in the leadership race would not be able to commit to the role of opposition leader because he has […]
It’s easy to laugh at the Tory leadership farce – but its outcome will pollute British politics | John Harris
LThe announcement by Conservative MPs on Wednesday that they had decided on the final leadership contest between Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick was greeted with an outpouring of joy among non-Tories. It was done. One Labor MP jokingly emailed the Guardian's political editor asking whether the result needed to be changed. declared as yet another […]
The curiously upbeat Tory leadership race – podcast | News
At a rainy Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, four leadership candidates – Robert Jenrick, Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverley and Tom Tugendhat – set out their vision for the party's future. Despite the party suffering its worst electoral defeat since 1834, the mood was noticeably upbeat. “I think the atmosphere is much brighter than I expected.” […]
Former PMs have a wealth of experience. Why not put some on the Tory leadership ballot? | Simon Jenkins
WIsn't William Hague not just the Prime Minister of Oxford but also the leader of the Conservative Party? At 63 years old, he is fit and healthy. Has David Cameron also reached the peak at the age of 57? Speaking of which, where was 66-year-old Tony Blair when the Labor Party elected Keir Starmer as […]
Tory leadership rivals turn on Jenrick over claims SAS ‘killing, not capturing, terrorists’ – UK politics live | Politics
Opening summary: rival attacks Jenrick good morning. In leadership contests, the balance of power can shift as one candidate has a moment of positive breakthrough (as was the case with David Cameron in 2005, with no glowing notes at the Conservative Party conference). speech that made him the favorite almost overnight). But often the odds […]
Warsi resigns Tory whip, says party has moved too far to the right | Sayeeda Warsi
Former cabinet minister Saida Warsi has resigned from the Conservative Party, claiming it has moved too far to the right compared to when it was in power. Warsi said in a post to X: “Today I crack the whip with a heavy heart and decide that for the time being I will no longer accept […]