Can Kemi Badenoch unite the right in Britain?
After a brutal election defeat, the Conservatives are now fighting with Reform to defend their place as the UK’s main opposition party
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Kemi Badenoch was supposed to make the Tories serious again. She has failed | Rafael Behr
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