To think Kemi Badenoch is starting to talk an increasing amount of sense

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Never voted conservative a day in my life.

Seriously comsidering it after recent performances

Which part is “balls”? For example, it is true that in Islamic states such as the UAE the Muslim Brotherhood and the IRGC are banned.

Excellent clip! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Moral clarity, well articulated.

Im not a fan of Polanski but apparently he drives me to march for Palestine which I've not done since 2022 because of various reasons.

I don't care if she can string two sentences together. The Tory Party said austerity was going to be tough but necessary. That was in 2010. Does Kemi choose between heating and eating. Did she sit with her heating off for two years like I did living on 317 quid a month on UC because it was one or the other. Did she fuck

Oh and Rishi did the UC cost of living uplift and then stopped it and then encouraged people to go out and eat again when it wasn't safe

Tory MPs partied when people were dying. The rules didn't apply to them apparently.
Have people forgotten this? My mums neighbours friend died in the first wave. She worked in a testing centre

Has she called that out? Did she resign or cross the floor because of Johnson and Hancock? Did any of them care?

But she's a "nice eloquent Tory" and she's said a couple of things people can relate to and she once worked in McDonald's. No bother. The bar is very low it seems

Jfc. You know calling her that is the same as calling her an uncle Tom. Between that and the Enoch comment that is not a good look

Perfectly put! I agree! She's impressive and is ironing out her more obvious glitches. I strongly dislike her views, however.

Come on, did you even read what she said?
She said that maternity leave and pay was important for women and had been important for her.

She also said that it was a problem for business - that the cost was burdensome, and threatened their viability.

It's totally possible for both of these things to be true. The fact that you like the idea of maternity leave does not mean that the policy approach to it is effective.

The substance of her comment was that while women need support to care of or their babies, making small businesses non viable is not a useful way to accomplish that. For one thing, if they fail they surely are not going to pay the taxes for maternity provision.

She disagrees with statutory maternity pay which is there to protect women!

www.theguardian.com/money/2024/sep/29/maternity-pay-is-excessive-says-tory-leadership-hopeful-kemi-badenoch

Wow so you agree with her that if you are unlucky enough to work for a small business you shouldn’t get statutory maternity pay! Words fail me.

Gm Ginge.

Let battle recommence.

She wants to make the Tories into Reform and attract the deserting members leaving for Reform. Unfortunately we already have a Reform party.

Labour are meanwhile being book-ended by Reform and the Greens.

Not by policy they aren’t.

The Tories have an anti feminist, ableist , zero policy Reform lite leader. They will never get into power under her.

What you wish for is academic.

In any event, perhaps you should focus on the dual threat posed to Labour by Reform and the Greens.

Not long to wait.

Tick tock.

That’s the whole point though. She’s not afraid of people disagreeing with her. She won’t be silenced by insults and shouty rhetoric. She is principled and thoughtful. It’s refreshing in our politics.

I hope they don’t tear her down and that she helps to bring back healthy debate to our democracy.

It’s not about what I wish for, they just won’t , it’s as clear as day. They have never been so unpopular as they have whilst under her leadership.

There will be a lot of tick ticking until the next general election. You tick tock away if it makes you happy.

As of April and May 2026, Kemi Badenoch has seen a "bounce" in her popularity, frequently appearing as the most popular party leader in the UK, despite holding a net negative rating. 1, 2]

Key Findings (April-May 2026):
Net Popularity: Her net favourability has consistently improved since late 2025, with recent figures placing it around -21% (29% favourable, 50% unfavourable) as of April 2026, which is higher than other major party leaders.

"Most Popular" Leader: She has been ranked ahead of Nigel Farage (-16%), Ed Davey (-11%), and Keir Starmer (-42%) in terms of net approval ratings.

Ok Kemi

Conservatives only worry about getting into power, they are at their most unpopular that they have ever been and are being decimated under her. So your Tory HQ polls are a little pointless.

A trifle obsessed with the Tories, no?

The thread is about their leader.

Sorry your leader

Wrong.

I though polls had showed an increase in popularity for the Tories which I believe is good news

I hope they do well this week along with the Lib Dems as I know Labour will not

and any less votes for Reform and the Greens is a positive as both parties are trading off people’s prejudice