Robert Jenrick’s heartlessness can’t be glossed over Brief letters: Tory leadership race | Grenfell inquiry | Knotting shoelaces | Margaret Thatcher’s portrait The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2024
UK politics: Labour has ‘no plans’ to send prisoners to Estonia to ease overcrowding, says No 10 – as it happened Downing Street says plan to relocate prisoners from England and Wales was from previous Conservative administration The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2024
Would-be Tory leader Robert Jenrick defends saying he'd vote for Donald Trump But Tony Blair warns against outsiders ‘blundering’ in to US politics Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2024
Robert Jenrick emerges as surprise frontrunner in Tory leadership race Jenrick raises £250,000 in funds and leads in polls ahead of Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2024
Tories think being weird makes them interesting, but it just makes them weird The general election loss should have given Tory leadership hopefuls pause. Instead they’re doubling down on the oddness The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2024
Farage brands French PM Michel Barnier ‘EU fanatic’ as MPs to get vote on winter fuel payment - Politics live Former EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier became a bête noire for Brexiteers due to his tough negotiating style when Britain was leaving the bloc The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2024
Want to know the problem, Tories? You’re … weird. And even your own tribe thinks so The Conservative leadership race reveals a party still banging the same old drums. Natural Tory voters are looking on askance, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2024
Thursday briefing: What the Grenfell inquiry reveals about the incompetence and dishonesty that led to the fire In today’s newsletter: Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s report lays out how to avoid a similar disaster from happening again. But the bereaved want to more than recommendations – they want prosecutions The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2024
Priti Patel knocked out of Tory leadership contest in first round Former home secretary got two fewer votes than Mel Stride, while Robert Jenrick leads race to succeed Rishi Sunak The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2024
Robert Jenrick in pole position to be next Tory leader as Priti Patel eliminated in first round of voting Former immigration minister, who sparked outrage last month after saying people shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ in London ‘should be arrested immediately’, beat the favourite Kemi Badenoch into second The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2024
Priti Patel knocked out in the first round of Tory leadership race as Robert Jenrick wins first ballot Conservative Party members will make the final choice of new leader from a shortlist of two Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2024
Priti Patel eliminated in first round of UK Tory leadership contest FORMER home secretary Priti Patel has been eliminated from the Tory leadership campaign after the first round of voting. The National (Scotland) · Sep 4, 2024
Grenfell timeline: From disaster to final report ...key dates that span seven years A timeline of key moments that have defined the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2024
Robert Jenrick ally defends 'segregated communities' remark as Tory MPs hold first leadership ballot Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly, Priti Patel, Mel Stride and Tom Tugendhat also facing off as the MPs start to winnow down the field Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2024 Robert Jenrick inquired into revoking Palestinian student’s visa, emails reveal Court documents show then immigration minister wrote to Home Office after Dana Abu Qamar’s remarks about 7 October at university demonstration
The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2024 Tugendhat doubles down on bid to win over right-wing Tories with attack on human rights convention Tom Tugendhat has continued his efforts to reinvent himself as a candidate of the Tory right with a verbal assault on the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR)
The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2024 Tom Tugendhat says voters no longer take Conservative party seriously Former security minister promises a ‘revolution’ if elected leader and apologises for ‘recent political trauma’
Evening Standard · Sep 3, 2024 OPINION - Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick are turning this Tory contest into a two-horse race A moratorium on personal attacks in the campaign to replace Rishi Sunak has been agreed by the Tory candidates, foreswearing in-fighting. Expect it to last as long as a back-to-work suntan.
Evening Standard · Sep 3, 2024 Plans for 1,358 new homes and secondary school in Isle of Dogs approved Homes will be built in several blocks ranging between four and 31 storeys
The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2024 Tory leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick doubles down on plan to leave European Convention of Human Rights Tory leadership rightwinger Robert Jenrick has said that he sees no alternative to leaving the European Convention of Human Rights
The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2024 Tory leadership candidates fail recognition test in new survey - but one reminds voters of David Attenborough Only one of the six Tory leadership candidates was recognised by more than half the participants of focus groups run by think tank More in Common
The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2024 Jenrick campaign’s dig at Tory leadership rival Kemi Badenoch over taking holiday Robert Jenrick’s campaign made a point that he did not take holidays at a briefing for senior journalists amid questions over why rival Kemi Badenoch took time off at the start of the leadership campaign
The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2024 Badenoch launches Tory leadership campaign with attack on Doctor Who The Tory leadership hopeful will say ‘Labour will fail’ and the Conservatives have to be the change sought by British voters
The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2024 Monday briefing: Why the race to lead the Conservatives is wide open In today’s newsletter: As MPs return to Westminster this week, the field of six candidates will be whittled down – but it’s still all to play for
The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2024 Kemi Badenoch to urge Conservatives to do more than criticise Labour Shadow minister will launch leadership campaign with call to think afresh and move on from landslide election defeat