Tories unite behind Badenoch, but road to recovery remains long

This time last year, mutinous Tory MPs were privately predicting Badenoch’s demise. Now, she is the longest serving leader since Boris Johnson. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

During a quick-fire Q&A at the Conservative party conference this weekend, Kemi Badenoch was asked who she would pick between Robert Jenrick or Suella Braverman.

“Why do you keep offering me these? It’s like asking if I’d rather be shot or drowned,” the Tory leader responded with her trademark directness.