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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
John Crace

Yeah but no but yeah but no but surrender. Life’s just one big betrayal for Kemi and co

Kemi Badenoch speaking in the Commons
Another PMQs, another customary car-crash outing. Photograph: House of Commons/PA

I fear for Kemi Badenoch’s sanity. She may need a little respite care. From herself. Little more than 24 hours after one of her by now customary car-crash outings at prime minister’s questions in which she didn’t appear to have noticed that Keir Starmer had U-turned on the winter fuel allowance, KemiKaze was emailing Tory party members to tell them the exciting news. She had had the prime minister on the rack and it was only down to her that Labour had done their reverse ferret.

Where do you even begin to start with this level of denial? Is it the assumption at Conservative party HQ that anyone left supporting the Tories must be technically brain dead so won’t have a clue what is going on? To be fair, that may not be a bad shout.

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