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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Luke Tryl

Tory switchers warm to ‘no-nonsense’ Badenoch over Jenrick’s ‘more of the same’

Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick
One participant called Badenoch ‘a breath of fresh air’ but opinions of Jenrick were more muted. Photograph: UK Parliament/PA Media

Winning back voters lost in the disastrous general election of this summer will be top of the to-do list for the newly installed Conservative party leader when he or she is appointed in a little over three weeks’ time.

With Keir Starmer’s government off to a shaky start, buffeted by the freebies scandal and the loss of his chief of staff, could either of the Conservative leadership candidates capitalise on early disappointment with Labour? If so, they may need to begin by introducing themselves.

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