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Evening Standard
Politics
Katrine Bussey

Labour obsessed with internal drama, says Badenoch as Tories win by-election

Kemi Badenoch attended a victory rally in Aberdeen after Conservative Douglas Lumsden won the Aberdeen South by-election (Michal Wachucik/PA) -

Labour is “obsessed” with internal party “drama” Kemi Badenoch said, as she challenged Sir Keir Starmer and his ministers to instead focus on issues such as energy and national security.

The Conservative leader also said her party’s dramatic by-election win in Aberdeen South “sent a message” in favour of more drilling in the North Sea – and she called for the controversial Jackdaw and Rosebank developments to be given the go-ahead.

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