Kemi Badenoch elected as Tory leader

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This will be entertaining.

Well yes, I don't mind that they blew it, quite the reverse. I can live without seeing another Tory government for a good while! But I thought they might have learned from the Johnson days not to elect charismatic mavericks with hard right views.

She said something about men paying to bring up their own children (after separation) - in an article in the Sunday Times so I’m getting the flags out.

@Rummly She has openly stated some pretty abhorrent stuff. It's ironic that you're questioning my moral compass

She is definitely NOT more unelectable than Corbyn.

Did Lord Alli pay for her election as well as Starmer’s? Lordy, we are in an odd place.

Absolutely brilliant. A breath of fresh air and just what the Tories need to challenge Starmer and Reeves. Unless she buggers it up, she'll be PM in five years' time. Finally some "clear blue sky" difference between the two party leaders.

I think she'll make a formidable opponent in PMQ's against Starmer.

But not when discussing maternity pay, which she thinks has "gone too far" - but which compared with much of the rest of Europe is a pittance.

She also voted against buffer zones around abortion clinics.

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@cheezncrackers

"Well I like her. She's a strong, eloquent woman who has a record of standing up for women."

"Exactly that. As a Black woman myself I am delighted."

And she's not exactly the quiet shy type either 😁!!!

Should make for a very entertaining Prime Ministers Questions as well as ruffling quite a few feathers over the next 5 years.

Won't she be too busy with her children to do this job. 😂

Kemi Badenoch is to the right of the party, but she is not 'far right' or 'extreme right'. If she's got a good team around her she will do well. I think she will be excellent at holding Labour to account.

I have never voted conservative. Would be interested to know why she is considered to be "of the right" of the party nd to have"hard right views". From what I have seen she is a conservative who advocates for personal responsibility, small government and low regulation? Seems to be typical Tory stuff?

You can’t compare them. The leadership contest was postal voting and online, postal vote turnout is always higher than overall turnout at general elections. Also the electorate in the leadership contest have paid to be members of the party, therefore they should have a greater vested interest and level of engagement than the general population.

Yes, yes, she’s shite, she makes them unelectable blah de bah. I think they’re frit.

It will be interesting to see if a person accused of creating an intimidating and bullying work environment can build a good team around her.

The esteemed Bank Manager (with an approval rating of minus 30) and his Iron Chancellor will lose the next election all by themselves. Five years of higher mortgage costs, higher food prices, higher energy costs, higher rents, low growth, economic stagnation and higher taxes will not endear this administration to the electorate.

Ah, the angry black woman tropes have started.

Fantastic result.

Lets make this shower of a Labour Govt., a one-term affair.

Yep. Their quite frankly weird budget will not have helped them.

I don’t think the extreme right means what you think it means…

Quite, it didn't take long about half an hour

I think her main job will be to head off the rise of Reform. Does that mean she will go further Right and introduce Reform type policies to keep the wavering Tories in the fold?

That is what I will be watching.

I think she will be a good leader. It is interesting that the Tories now have had 4 female leaders and 2 non-white and Labour haven't had any of either.

A diversity of views is always a good thing in Parliament.

That's a reach.
www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/30/kemi-badenoch-accused-of-bullying-and-traumatising-staff