‘The night of the living dead’: denial-fuelled Tory conference ends without direction Delusion and short-term relief brought a strange buzz to Birmingham, with the leadership race still wide open The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2024
Labour gifts row grows as ministers under pressure to repay cost of Taylor Swift and Glastonbury freebies It comes after No10 announced that Sir Keir Starmer has paid back more than £6,000 worth of gifts and hospitality Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2024
Is this the most divisive baby name ever? How much is too much when it comes to picking a name for your children, asks Katie Rosseinsky The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2024
Why official register of MPs’ financial interests is now a must-read Revelations about gifts of clothes and tickets to sporting events have put MPs’ declarations in the spotlight The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2024
Bad jokes, war stories and rehashed rhetoric: key takeaways from the Tory leadership speeches The four Conservative candidates set out their visions for the party after its worst-ever general election defeat The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2024
Kemi Badenoch puts Tory leadership bid back on track in final round of speeches James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick, Tom Tugendhat and Kemi Badenoch gave their final pitches to be Tory leader The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2024
James Cleverly musters the Tory faithful after Robert Jenrick shoots himself in foot COMMENTARY: Would-be leaders were trying to emulate David Cameron’s success in winning over the rank and file in 2005 Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2024
After the ‘Tory idol’ speeches, who most looks like a leader in waiting? Our panel passes judgment All four have generated media headlines, but the winner will be whoever most impresses party members, at conference and at home The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2024
Tory leadership contender defends visas for health workers and accuses rivals of not being honest on migration Solving immigration is ‘about visas, not about foreign courts’, Tom Tugendhat said Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2024
Cleverly’s leadership bid gathers pace as he calls on Tories to be ‘more normal’ Former home secretary seeks to capitalise on tumultuous few days for his rivals in Conservative conference speech The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2024
Robert Jenrick says 'racist' historian David Starkey 'should get a dukedom' WHAT fitting reward for a historian whose vile rants about black people, Muslims, even the Hindu former prime minister Rishi Sunak have sparked… The National (Scotland) · Oct 2, 2024
Kemi Badenoch: I'd 'reprogramme' devolution as Tory leader TORY leadership contender Kemi Badenoch has suggested she would make major changes to the devolution settlement should she win the role and one day… The National (Scotland) · Oct 2, 2024
Conservative Party Leadership Race Heats Up In Birmingham Four contenders vie for Conservative Party leadership post-election loss, facing challenges and lukewarm public interest in Birmingham conference. Top News · Oct 2, 2024
OPINION - The Standard View: The Tory leadership candidates vie for their David Cameron moment Today is the day the four remaining candidates for Conservative party leader will be hoping for their David Cameron moment. Nearly two decades ago, the fresh-faced MP for Witney delivered a speech to the party faithful without notes. And in doing so, thrust himself into the leadership and, ultimately, Downing… Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2024
The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2024 4 candidates to lead Britain's defeated Conservatives bash Labour, and each other The four contenders to lead Britain’s Conservative Party have taken turns to argue why they have what it takes to lead the right-of-center party back from a catastrophic election defeat
The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2024 Watch: Conservative Party leadership candidates appeal to members on final day of conference Watch again as the Conservative Party's leadership contest candidates spoke to members on the final day of the party conference on Wednesday, 2 October.
Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2024 Nigel Farage rules out deal with 'untrustworthy' Tories Reform UK leader speaks out as quartet of Conservative leadership hopefuls are set to address Birmingham conference
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2024 Tell us about your or your child’s unusual name We want to hear about your uncommon name, where it comes from and why you, or your parents, chose it
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2024 Keir Starmer tells Brussels press conference it was ‘right’ for him to repay £6,000 worth of gifts – as it happened Announcement that PM is returning gifts comes after news Labour peer Lord Alli is under investigation by Lords commissioner
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2024 Badenoch, Cleverly, Jenrick, Tugendhat: four ways for the Tories to reach the same wilderness Each behaves as if they are vying to be PM when the reality is years in opposition, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
The National (Scotland) · Oct 2, 2024 Assa Samake-Roman: Kemi Badenoch is wrong, maternity pay in the UK is a joke EARLIER this week, Kemi Badenoch – a Conservative leadership contender – set off a wave of controversy with her remarks on statutory maternity…
The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2024 Tory contenders dip into Blair’s playbook with ‘New Conservative Party’ revamp plan Just as Tony Blair invented ‘New Labour’ to take his party back to power, two of the four Tory leadership candidates will today explain why a ‘New Conservative Party’ is needed
The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2024 Is this the Tory leadership race or the seventh circle of hell? The woeful standard of wannabe leaders – KemiKaze, Jimmy Dimly, Honest Bob – proves the Tories’ masochistic need to be abused
The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2024 Tory gasps as Robert Jenrick reveals daughter’s middle name is Thatcher Leadership candidate tells party conference he thought it was a good way to remind daughter of a great PM
The National (Scotland) · Oct 1, 2024 Robert Jenrick says he hopes to revive Rwanda plan and sets migration cut target TORY leadership candidate Robert Jenrick has said he hoped to revive the plan to deport migrants to Rwanda – as he claimed immigration had made…