Today Kemi Badenoch launched a revised version of Renewal 2030, her flagship leadership campaign platform utilised last year, to boost her profile into the Conservative mainstream.
Her style is more political morals than policy, as so far she prefers changing a narrative with her Policy Renewal Programme to backing funding digits. However, longevity is the question.
In an exclusive for ConservativeNewsSite.com, a social media profile known as “BladeoftheSun” is behind a campaign of hatred against present leader of the Conservative party Kemi Badenoch.
The profile itself, reminiscent of socialist themes and context, is an online hate campaign hub meant to spread fear and instil false hope of change at leadership levels in politics.
Yesterday an attempt was made to “stage” an effect of non-complicity, to prepare for accusations in person and in public against her. These were meant to make her leave office.
The effect of this sort of sabotage can be disastrous for democracy, as it denies legitimate debate. It can also lead to mistrust in political realms, and derail hope for change.
Conservatives in the UK have elected their new leader. Kemi Badenoch MP (North West Essex/Conservatives), a Brexit supporter and believer in conservative values, beat runner up Robert Jenrick MP (Newark/Conservatives), 57% to 43% in a membership ballot.
In the final countdown for the Conservative leadership, candidate Robert Jenrick MP (Newark/Conservatives) has taken aim at the party for a supposed lack of “respect” for its membership.
His proposal is to make GBNews host and former MP Jacob Rees Mogg its new chairman. The idea may restore a sense of conservatism to it, but it may take more to bolster member confidence.
The Tories voted out James Cleverly MP (Braintree/Conservatives) in the final phase of the MP’s ballot for leadership of the party. It turns next to the party faithful to place their online vote. They’ve got until the end of the month.
Now left in the running are Kemi Badenoch MP (North West Essex/Conservatives) who won with 34.7% of the vote, and Robert Jenrick MP (Newark/Conservatives) who surged ahead to edge out Cleverly with 33.9% of the vote.
Tom Tugendhat MP (Tonbridge/Conservatives) has lost his place in the running to be the next Conservative leader.
He got 16.8% of the vote compared to frontrunner James Cleverly (Braintree/Conservatives) who got 32.8%.
The MP’s phase of ballot’s is due to conclude tomorrow as the remaining candidates are reduced to two.
Next, party members will get the chance to vote for the winner in the hopes of winning back the keys to Number 10.
The four candidates left willing to stand for the Conservative leadership race will find out who’s going through to its final ballot next week. The next stage after is the membership vote so it’s nail biting stuff.
It’s worth thinking back on the last five leaders they’ve had, because all of them have been Prime Ministers and led the country through some testing times. They even saw out Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Presently the political furore is largely centred around Sir Keir Starmer and his alleged dealings with a Labour donor, but the small boats crisis continues and in spite of policy pronouncements, it hasn’t stopped.
It isn’t particularly scientific to imagine what each of the candidates might be able to achieve if they were to have at it now, and neither is it appropriate since the party itself is trying to decide its own way forward.
The Conservative party leadership candidate Tom Tugendhat is set on winning. He believes he can restore their fortunes as a winning party.
“I want to be completely open about what I’m doing. I am not just running to be the next leader of the Conservative Party. I am running to be the next Conservative Prime Minister.”
He says their problem is disunity but doesn’t say how he’ll fix it. Perhaps he believes a leader stops it happening in the first place.
James Cleverly is standing to be leader of the Conservative party on an eerily reminiscent platform. It’s all about unity, fighting off Labour, and delivering results.
However, his mini-manifesto is a bundle of contradictions. He pledges to lower taxes and raise defence spending. He promises to shrink the state and prosper a free and fair society.
It’s not a coherent plan on the surface of it. Maybe a plunge into the deep end of politics will change things. It can shape a leader in the long term.