Councillor who oversaw Grenfell works donated to Badenoch’s Tory leadership bid Survivor of blaze which killed 72 ‘disgusted’ Quentin Marshall gave £5,000 to candidate promoting deregulation The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2024
‘It’s great to be here’: watching the Tories turning farce into annihilation After Tory MPs send their vaguely normal candidate packing, all the rest of us can do is applaud them for their comic timing The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2024
‘Cock up not conspiracy!’ - Inside the downfall of James Cleverly How Robert Jenrick had a lucky escape The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2024
Centrist Conservative group refuses to back Badenoch or Jenrick Tory Reform Group declines to endorse either leadership candidate amid fears lurch to the right could split party The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2024
Expert fires warning to new Scottish Tory leader over electoral hopes THE Scottish Tories will be slip into third place at Holyrood after the 2026 election unless Russell Findlay can “find some charisma” to… The National (Scotland) · Oct 10, 2024
Robert Jenrick ramps up Tory leadership bid with thinly-veiled attacks on Kemi Badenoch Robert Jenrick painted himself as the serious contender to succeed Rishi Sunak and suggested Kemi Badenoch would bring ‘needless drama’ to the job The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2024
Tory MPs have accidentally knocked out their own man – and reminded voters why they lost the last election The Conservative party leadership ballot is a private affair. The MPs don’t have to reveal who they voted for if they don’t want to. And given how badly they appear to have bungled their final round of voting in this contest, it seems unlikely we’ll ever know what really happened. The Conversation · Oct 10, 2024
Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick: What policies set the final two Tory leadership candidates apart The Tory party appears to be veering toward the right with the final two candidates - here we look at the difference between the pair The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2024
OPINION - The Standard View: No guarantee Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick will last a full parliament That was not supposed to happen. James Cleverly, the favourite to be next leader of the Conservatives, will now not even have the opportunity to face party members, having failed to attract enough votes in the final round of MP voting. Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2024
How mild-mannered ‘Robert Generic’ turned into a ruthless right-wing Tory leadership hopeful The former immigration minister and conservative-turned-rebel was once seen as a moderate centrist, but became the Tory rightwing flag bearer in the leadership contest The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2024
Badenoch vs Jenrick: The final Tory leadership candidates unpacked, from spats to schooling Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick are facing each other in the Tory leadership contest after the surprise knock-out of James Cleverly The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2024
What the UK Tory leadership contest means for Scottish Conservatives WHEN Russell Findlay was announced as the new Scottish Tory leader almost a fortnight ago, he was greeted with a multitude of issues in his in-tray. The National (Scotland) · Oct 10, 2024
James Cleverly allies may have tried to boot Kemi Badenoch out of Tory race, says MP Shadow business secretary Kevin Hollinrake stressed the Tory leadership voting patterns were ‘quite surprising’ after James Cleverly lost out Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2024
Thursday briefing: What the shock Badenoch-Jenrick leadership battle says about the future of the Tories In today’s newsletter: Conservative MPs have whittled down the candidates to Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick. What does that say about the direction of the party? The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2024
The National (Scotland) · Oct 9, 2024 'What the hell are you doing?': Tory shock as James Cleverly exits leadership contest THE elimination of James Cleverly from the Conservative Party leadership contest is being met with shock and dismay by party members following the…
The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2024 Tory civil war erupts again less than two hours after MPs pivot to the hard right Supporters of Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch have already launched scathing attacks on each other
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2024 The Guardian view on the Conservative leadership contest: normality is not on the ballot Editorial: The Conservative membership now faces a choice between two subtly different versions of the same failed ideology
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2024 The new Tory leader will be Badenoch or Jenrick. Either would be a one-way ticket to another political planet MPs spurned the chance to renew their party. Their chosen path is further right, a blow for all who want an effective opposition, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2024 Cock-up, rather than conspiracy, the likely cause of Cleverly’s surprise exit Law of unintended consequences more likely to have played key role in Tory leadership election
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2024 The Tory leadership contest continues to deliver – for Labour James Cleverly had been the one Tory talking a small amount of sense, so of course he lost to Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick
The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2024 Nigel Farage has scared the Tories into abandoning the centre for the hard right News analysis: Nigel Farage has shaped this Tory leadership contest more than any of the candidates
The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2024 The race to lead Britain's Conservative Party is down to the final 2 candidates Britain’s opposition Conservative Party will choose either Robert Jenrick or Kemi Badenoch to be its next leader
Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2024 Tory leadership election: Favourite James Cleverly out of race as Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick make final two Kemi Badenoch jumped from third to first place in the race to become Conservative leader
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2024 Labour and Lib Dems gleeful as Badenoch to face Jenrick in Tory leadership race Next leader will be from populist wing of party after James Cleverly loses out in chaotic final MPs’ vote
The National (Scotland) · Oct 9, 2024 James Cleverly eliminated from Conservative Party leadership race James Cleverly has been eliminated from the Conservative Party leadership election, in a surprise development despite a strong performance at the…