Badenoch Political Scrapper

Kemi Badenoch: Who is new Tory leader and what does she stand for?

Kemi Badenoch is a political trailblazer with a combative style and a mission to renew her party.

Chris Mason: Badenoch will need all her political savvy to transform Tory fortunes

Kemi Badenoch is a political fighter and she now has a battle on her hands to rebuild her party.

Jenrick accuses Badenoch of disrespecting Tories

Robert Jenrick has attacked Tory leadership rival Kemi Badenoch for failing to set out detail policies.

Badenoch dismisses Tory MP's parenthood remark

Sir Christopher Chope suggested Badenoch would be less able to commit to the demands of being party leader.

Badenoch hits back at Jenrick's 'disrespectful' jibe

The Tory leadership contender says she is focused on principles rather than setting out specific policies.

Badenoch says she may need a softer approach

The Tory leadership frontrunner admits she may need to "calibrate" her approach, see by some as combative.

Badenoch is favourite, but will she clinch Tory leadership?

BBC political editor Chris Mason gives the run down on how the Tory Party leadership result could play out.

Kemi Badenoch vows to renew Tories after leadership win

The former business secretary is the first black woman to lead a major political party in the UK.

Kemi Badenoch wins Conservative party leadership

Former business secretary takes 57 per cent of the vote to beat Robert Jenrick and become party’s first Black leader

Business - Financial Times - 1 hour ago

Britain's Conservative Party elects Kemi Badenoch as leader

Kemi Badenoch is now the first Black woman to lead a major British political party.

Kemi Badenoch wins Tory leadership election

Conservative party announces Badenoch has beaten rival Robert Jenrick in ballot of party members. UK politics live – latest updates Five things to know about Kemi Badenoch Kemi Badenoch is ...

World - The Guardian - 1 hour ago

A Political Misdiagnosis

Democrats imagined that they would become the majority party as America became more racially diverse. It’s not working out that way.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 14

Badenoch and Jenrick spar over visions for future of Tory party in TV debate

Jenrick pledges to ‘end the drama’, while Badenoch calls his plan to exit ECHR ‘a distraction from bigger worries’. Tory debate takeaways: a clash of styles, a tame format and a win for ...

World - The Guardian - October 17

Badenoch attacks Jenrick on Europe as UK Tory leadership contest heats up

Former business secretary says her rival’s plan to take Britain out of the ECHR would be divisive

Business - Financial Times - October 17

‘Abrasive’ Kemi Badenoch urged to play nice to secure Conservative leadership

Supporters offer advice to get the favourite over the line, gambling she can unite the party and restore Tory fortunes. Supporters of Kemi Badenoch have urged her to rein in her confrontational ...

World - The Guardian - October 19

Tory leadership election live: Kemi Badenoch elected new Conservative leader

Badenoch says Tories need ‘a clear plan to change this country by changing the way that government works’. Here are the results from previous Conservative leadership contests, and from the final ...

World - The Guardian - 1 hour ago

From a childhood in Nigeria to Tory leader: the remarkable rise of Kemi Badenoch | Sunder Katwala

The woman who now leads the Conservative party was born in London, but growing up in west Africa shaped the politician she would become. • Politics live . Kemi Badenoch’s election as leader of ...

World - The Guardian - 3 hours ago

UK Conservative Party picks Kemi Badenoch as its new leader

Britain’s Conservative Party has elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power

World - ABC News - 21 minutes ago

Who is Kemi Badenoch, the first Black woman to lead Britain's Conservative Party?

The first Black woman to lead a major U.K. political party, Kemi Badenoch is an upbeat and outspoken libertarian who thinks the British state is broken and she is the one to fix it

World - ABC News - 29 minutes ago

Sketchy Politics: Labour Pains

How will Labour handle their first Budget?

World - Financial Times - October 17

Luxury Fashion as Political Propaganda

In fights to sway public sentiment, critics often point to costly clothes as evidence of moral corruption.

Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 24

Schools caught in political crosshairs

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story State politics ensnare colleges and universities As states pass sweeping measures ...

Politics - The Hill - October 24

Politics is distorting economic data

Partisanship continues to pollute results of influential surveys of consumer and business sentiment

World - Financial Times - October 25

Why it is lonely in the political centre

Genuine commitment to the middle ground is much rarer than it seems

Business - Financial Times - October 26

Japan’s unfortunate political limbo

Prime minister Shigeru Ishiba’s decision to call a snap election backfired

World - Financial Times - 3 days ago

The big idea: is nostalgia killing politics?

From the Tories’ Thatcher fixation to Labour’s Blair fetish, ideas from the past are poisoning the political present. The pop culture of past generations weighs like a dark cloud on the youth of ...

World - The Guardian - October 21

FirstFT: Japan plunges into political chaos

Also in today’s newsletter, oil price falls and Franklin Templeton hit by record outflows

World - Financial Times - 5 days ago

Americans overrun with political text messages

Cell phones across the country have been inundated with text messages about the election, particularly in the last few months. Jonquilyn Hill, host of Vox's "Explain it to Me" podcast, joined CBS ...

It was Badenoch v Jenrick on GB News. And if that all sounds bad, watching it was worse | Marina Hyde

Each had an hour to show why they are the future – until the next Tory debacle means another contest. They barely managed that. Distressingly, the GB News stream I watched the Conservative ...

World - The Guardian - October 18

UK Conservative Party chooses Kemi Badenoch as new leader as it aims to rebound from election defeat

World - ABC News - 3 hours ago

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