Hilary Cass warns Kemi Badenoch over risks of conversion practices ban Leading paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass says any new law must avoid creating problems for professionals The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2024
Legal assessment of Israel’s actions in Gaza risks being subsumed in Tory row Conservative supporters of Israel want David Cameron to dial back criticism and accept defeat of Hamas is in UK’s interest The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2024
Changing Tory leader could result in even larger Labour landslide, new poll shows Labour lead would soar to 24 points if Kemi Badenoch or Suella Braverman became leader according to Opinium poll The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2024
Kemi Badenoch should value diversity schemes. Attacking them does wonders for her career The equalities minister knows the Tory anti-woke sweet spot, says author and broadcaster Nels Abbey The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2024
OPINION - Who will be the next Tory leader? It's best to start with the F word... “Stop messing around” was Kemi Badenoch’s forthright advice to desperate Tory backbenchers, flirting with a Hail Mary leader switch before the election. The ex-defence secretary, Ben Wallace, who speaks as if addressing a slightly dim Army platoon, put the same thought just more pessimistically, as he urged colleagues to set… Evening Standard · Mar 19, 2024
Ben Wallace tells Tory rebels it is ‘too late’ to replace Rishi Sunak before the election The former Defence Secretary told the Tories to ‘get on with it’ Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2024
Sunak and Badenoch put on united front in face of high-level fawning With continuing talk of a leadership challenge, PM and business secretary have little to say at stage-managed praise-filled event The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2024
OPINION - Rishi Sunak is safe – so long as Tory plotters cannot agree on a unity candidate Should Australia drop Mitchell Starc? It doesn't matter whether you hold strong views on the fast bowler's inability to take wickets with the old ball, or whether you've never heard of the bloke. The real question is this: would his replacement be better or worse? Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2024
Rishi Sunak hints the Tories would accept another £5 million from racism storm donor Frank Hester The PM’s delay in branding the donor’s outburst as racist has added to disquiet among some Tory MPs over his leadership Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2024
It’s too late to replace Sunak so Tories must ‘march towards the sound of the guns’, Ben Wallace says – as it happened Former defence secretary tells colleagues there is no alternative to Rishi Sunak and to ‘get on with’ preparing for an election The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2024
Only ‘one or two’ Tory MPs plotting against Sunak, says Badenoch Business secretary dismisses reports of plot and rejects calls for her party to return donations from Frank Hester The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2024
Frank Hester racism row: how key figures reacted to remarks about Diane Abbott Tory donor has been widely condemned over racist and misogynistic comments about prominent black MP The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2024
Black Britons fear for Diane Abbott after a millionaire’s call for violence A top Tory donor said the veteran politician, affectionately called ‘Auntie Di’ by her supporters, should be shot. Al Jazeera · Mar 15, 2024
UK embarks on post-Brexit trade talks with Turkey Talks offer ‘huge opportunities’ but come at a delicate time after Ankara held up Sweden’s accession to Nato The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2024 From ‘move on’ to ‘racist and wrong’: how the Tory line on Frank Hester shifted An incoherent response to the donor’s remarks has raised questions about Rishi Sunak’s political nous
The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2024 Tory donor’s comments about Diane Abbott ‘racist and wrong’, No 10 says Statement from Downing Street follows cross-party criticism of Frank Hester’s remarks about former Labour MP
Evening Standard · Mar 12, 2024 OPINION - Stonewall has a terrible grip on British public life Quite how needful it was for equalities minister Kemi Badenoch to tell public bodies to pull the plug on their connection with Stonewall, the pernicious, ubiquitous campaigning group, can be seen in its latest accounts.
Evening Standard · Mar 12, 2024 Brexit: Minister hails closer ties with Texas but no free trade deal with US or India ‘This Conservative government’s cowboy trade policy is shooting the British public in the foot,’ says Lib-Dem Sarah Olney as ministers boast of better links with Texas but no post-Brexit free trade deal with America
The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2024 Michelle Donelan case highlights perils for politicians who pick fights online Some of the Tories’ ‘anti-woke warriors’ seem unaware that protection of speech in parliament does not extend to social media
The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2024 UK politics: Sunak refuses to say how abolition of national insurance would be funded – as it happened PM says ‘people trust me on these things’ and refuses to be drawn on whether government would forgo entire £46bn raised from measure
The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2024 It’s Kemi Badenoch v the Post Office, the show where ministers sweep everything under the carpet Whatever the truth in the latest ‘he said, she said’ row, one thing’s clear: the government has no intention of tackling this institutional rot, says barrister Sam Fowles
The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2024 UK negotiators fly to India in last-ditch effort to seal free-trade deal Exclusive: Team will try to resolve goods and services issues amid fears Delhi is holding out for a Labour government
The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2024 Former Post Office chair claims he is victim of ‘smear campaign’ led by Kemi Badenoch Henry Staunton stands by his allegations against the government and turns on Post Office CEO in dramatic day of evidence to MPs
The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2024 Tory MPs have Badenoch’s back as they slog it out with former Post Office chair Henry Staunton refuses to back down as he gives evidence to the business select committee
The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2024 What is Islamophobia and why does Tory government not accept definition? Why are senior politicians unwilling to label Lee Anderson’s comments on Sadiq Khan Islamophobic? We look at why the definition is disputed