Please stop Liz Truss making public appearances. Not for our benefit, for hers Truss events have almost become freak shows where audiences turn up to see what mad thing she will say next The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024
Kemi Badenoch praises Israel for 'that amazing thing with the pagers' THE Conservative Party leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch has praised Israel's weaponisation of pagers, which killed 37 people, including children,… The National (Scotland) · Sep 30, 2024
Fake tan, friendship beads and Bobby J hats: Leadership candidates’ merchandise handed out to win over Tories News analysis: While freebies and gifts have left Keir Starmer and his new government under scrutiny, Tory leadership candidates have not been able to give merchandise away quickly enough. Here is what it says about each of the four candidates The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2024
What Tory leadership candidates should learn from the mistakes of Boris Johnson – and Silvio Berlusconi The Conservative party is choosing a new leader, with four candidates still in the running: Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Tom Tugendhat. Each is pitching to a party in dire need of a new direction and the path ahead is far from clear. The Conversation · Sep 30, 2024
Why did Kemi Badenoch attack maternity pay? Ask the Tory members … The Conservative leadership candidates are courting a selectorate who value narcissism and psychopathy. The competition is on to be the most outrageous, writes Zoe Williams The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024
Kemi Badenoch lashes out at the BBC amid maternity pay row KEMI Badenoch lashed out at the BBC as she attempted to deflect criticism after suggesting that maternity pay is “excessive”. The National (Scotland) · Sep 30, 2024
OPINION - Kemi Badenoch's confounding decision to copy the David Miliband playbook "Law is order, and good law is good order."Aristotle, 'Politics', 350 BCE Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2024
Kemi Badenoch says people are ‘scared to have families’ due to cost amid maternity row Jacob Rees-Mogg also weighed in on row, saying women should not be able to ‘clock up holiday’ on maternity leave The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2024
As rumours grow of a stop Badenoch campaign, Tories cannot risk a stitch-up Whispers at party conference suggest a surprise candidate could join Robert Jenrick in leadership race’s final two The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024
Watch: Tory leadership hopefuls Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat address party conference Watch again as Conservative leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat addressed the party conference on Monday, 30 September. The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2024
Senior Tories may push for party to become pro-fracking Calls grow for lifting of moratorium on onshore drilling in England to become policy under new leader The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024
Freebies battle breaks out among Tory leadership contenders The four candidates vying to become Tory leader have been showering party members with an increasingly bizarre selection of branded gifts Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2024
Is UK maternity pay excessive and how much does it cost the taxpayer? After Kemi Badenoch’s comments on maternity pay, how does the UK compare with other countries? The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024
Andrew Bowie defends Kemi Badenoch over maternity pay comments SCOTTISH Tory MP Andrew Bowie has defended party leadership contender Kemi Badenoch after she suggested maternity pay was “excessive”. The National (Scotland) · Sep 30, 2024
The National (Scotland) · Sep 30, 2024 Kemi Badenoch to be interviewed at Tory party conference – how to watch TORY leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat will take to the stage at the Conservative Party conference this afternoon...
The National (Scotland) · Sep 30, 2024 Tory leadership rivals round on Kemi Badenoch in 'excessive' maternity pay row KEMI Badenoch has been rounded on by her Tory leadership rivals after suggesting that maternity pay was “excessive”.
Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2024 Tugendhat and Cleverly 'win' Tory conference Day One as Badenoch and Jenrick have 'difficult' starts Former Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch sparked a row over maternity pay and ex-immigration minister Robert Jenrick faced questions over donations
The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024 Cleverly says it was a mistake for Sunak to say he would ‘stop the boats’ because that was ‘unachievable target’ – as it happened Former home secretary says the phrase ‘stop the boats’ was ‘an error’ and it was too complicated a problem to distil into a soundbite
Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2024 Nigel Farage beats all four Tory leadership contenders in having what it takes to be 'good PM' - new poll The Reform UK leader ‘looms large’ over the Conservative leadership contest, says Keiran Pedley, Director of Politics at Ipsos
Al Jazeera · Sep 30, 2024 ‘Hugely significant’: Who’s in the race to become UK Conservatives leader? Four candidates hope to rule over the party trying to recover from historic electoral blow. Who are they?
The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024 Monday briefing: Battlefield Birmingham as the Conservative leadership race takes shape In today’s newsletter: Low attendance and an ever lower mood is expected at this week’s Tory conference as Jenrick, Cleverly, Badenoch and Tugendhat jostle for position
The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024 More Mr Nice Guy: can affable but gaffe-prone James Cleverly lead the Tories? Some in the party think it’s time for a unifier, but others wonder whether he has the toughness and vision for the job
The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2024 What are the four candidates’ pitches to become next Tory leader? How Jenrick, Badenoch, Cleverly and Tugendhat stand on immigration, the economy and foreign policy
The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2024 Moderation out and madness to the fore in the Tories’ Birmingham echo chamber With the leadership contenders vying to out-crazy each other, it was Boris – well it would be, wouldn’t it – who outdid them all
The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2024 Kemi Badenoch faces backlash as Tory rivals seize on maternity pay comments Leadership contender’s team in damage control mode after she is criticised for saying burden on business is ‘excessive’