Kemi Badenoch says she would give Harry Potter author JK Rowling a peerage The shadow communities secretary praised Rowling’s stance on sex-based rights Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2024
Watch moment when Tory leader contender Robert Jenrick is unable to name new England manager Thomas Tuchel The appointment of the top German coach and former Chelsea boss has sparked controversy Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2024
Liz Truss’ think tank publicly shames Kemi Badenoch for not answering questions Liz Truss’s think tank Popcon asked the two Tory leadership finalists 12 questions - but only one of them answered The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2024
Tory leadership candidate demands TV debate from BBC, Sky, and ITV bosses TORY leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick has asked the BBC to host a head-to-head televised debate between him and his opponent ... The National (Scotland) · Oct 14, 2024
'Deluded': SNP MSP slates Anas Sarwar's defence of Labour's first 100 days in office ANAS Sarwar has been branded “deluded” after claiming that “change has truly begun” in Scotland 100 days on from Labour's victory in the UK… The National (Scotland) · Oct 11, 2024
Geoffrey Cox missed winter fuel votes while working abroad in second job Lib Dems say ‘public deserve better’ after Tory MP and lawyer spent several days working in Mauritius in September The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 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
Suddenly, all MPs know where the Chagos Islands are and what’s best for them Many who last week couldn’t have got within 500 miles of Mauritius on a map now can’t bear it taking the archipelago The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2024
Scots Scriever pans Tory MSP over 'colonialistic' Scots language comments A TORY MSP has been been panned by this year's Scots Scriever after his "colonialistic" comments aimed at the Scots language ... The National (Scotland) · Oct 7, 2024
British history is being destroyed before our eyes – and it has nothing to do with culture wars over statues Brutal cuts to council budgets have decimated museums and forced some to close. We’re at risk of losing our shared memory, writes Guardian columnist John Harris The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2024
James Cleverly overtakes Robert Jenrick in Tory leadership race, new post-conference survey suggests Mr Cleverly has stormed to second place in a survey of party members The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2024
Wealthy, white and rightwing: the Tory members holding the party’s future in their hands The electorate for the Conservative leadership contest likes a winner, but lately has had trouble picking one The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2024
James Cleverly sparks cross-Border rift after 'undermining' Scottish Tories TORY leadership contender James Cleverly has sparked a cross-Border rift in his party after showing a “fundamental misunderstanding” of how the… The National (Scotland) · Oct 4, 2024
Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi admits football hooligan past: ‘I went out looking for fights’ Zahawi was sacked by Rishi Sunak as Tory party chair over his tax affairs The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2024
The National (Scotland) · Oct 3, 2024 Tory MSPs fume as John Swinney brings up new leader's Liz Truss support TORY MSPs reacted with fury as their new leader was slammed for his support for the “discredited” former prime minister Liz Truss at his first…
Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2024 UK announces landmark deal to hand Chagos Islands back to Mauritius - minus US military base Tories attack the deal but US President Joe Biden calls it ‘historic’
The National (Scotland) · Oct 2, 2024 Tory MSP accuses salmon farming boss of 'verbally attacking him' in Holyrood A TORY MSP has accused the boss of Scotland's salmon farming trade body of "verbally attacking" him in the Scottish Parliament.
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 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 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…
Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2024 Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch 'own goals' hitting their leadership campaigns on Day Two of Tory conference The ‘stuttering’ of their campaigns is leaving room for James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat to gain momentum
The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024 The Guardian view on the Tory leadership contest: stuck in the past, not focused on the future Editorial: The Conservative party remains irrelevant because it appears unwilling to find new solutions to today’s problems
The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024 Liz Truss: Tories would have done better in UK election if I had stayed PM Truss blames Tory MPs, Bank of England and OBR for dire reaction to her mini-budget – and refuses to back any leadership contender
Evening Standard · 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
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...