Written by Badenoch accuses Starmer of using ‘smear tactics’ against her Kemi Badenoch has accused Keir Starmer of using “smear tactics” against her. Ignoring the conventional PR wisdom that it is a mistake to publicise attacks from opponents, she has responded to Starmer in a post on social media including a clip from his Q&A earlier. Starmer […]
“Patients at risk as NHS urgent repair costs triple in decade” headlines the Observer as it reports on the “decade-long failure” to address urgent repairs in hospitals across England. It writes the cost dealing with the backlog has almost tripled since 2015 to £2.7bn. Elsewhere, fog with a glimpse of sunshine in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, is […]
Sunday Igboho, the self-acclaimed Yoruba nation activist, has called on President Bola Tinubu to call Vice President Kashim Shettima Igboho made the call in defence of Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the British Conservative Party, who recently denounced her Nigerian origin Shettima had recently criticised the British political over her comment against Nigeria, asking her […]
Badenoch accuses Starmer over Haigh appointment Starmer takes some short, opening questions from a number of backbench MPS before Tory leader Kemi Badenoch begins her questions. She opens with a question about the PM appointed a fraudster to be his transport secretary. She asked him what he was thinking and suggests this is the question […]
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Kemi Badenoch is set to make a highly controversial choice in one of the most senior jobs in her shadow cabinet with Dame Priti Patel set to be unveiled as shadow foreign secretary. […]
Kemi Badenoch became the Conservatives’ new leader and the first Black woman to a head a major British political party on Saturday, after winning a leadership contest on a promise to return the party to its founding principles. Badenoch, 44, replaces former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and has pledged to lead the party through a […]
Kemi Badenoch has become the UK Conservative Party leader, beating her colleague Robert Jenrick in the final vote, to become the first Black leader of a British national political party. Badenoch previously engaged in a social media war of words with Doctor Who star David Tennant. She said she “wasn’t afraid of Doctor Who” after […]
Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch will be encouraged by Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s latest polling blow as they battle it out for the Tory leadership. A new poll has found that 40% of people disapprove of the Budget unveiled by Chancellor Rachel Reeves this week. The Labour Government has raised overall taxes by £40billion, something […]