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muriel_volestrangler

(102,389 posts) Sat Nov 2, 2024, 06:21 AM Saturday

Kemi Badenoch wins Tory leadership election

Kemi Badenoch is the new leader of the Conservatives after defeating Robert Jenrick in a ballot of party members.

Badenoch takes over from Rishi Sunak as leader of the opposition after winning 53,806 votes against 41,388 for Jenrick, in a result announced by the party on Saturday morning.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/02/kemi-badenoch-wins-tory-leadership-election

Horrendous "culture warrior", too extreme even for the likes of Nadine Dorris: https://www.democraticunderground.com/108821831
2 years ago, her public recognition was on a par with a made-up candidate: https://www.democraticunderground.com/108821829

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Kemi Badenoch wins Tory leadership election (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Saturday OP

Link to BBC nitpicked Saturday #1

It says everything..... T_i_B Saturday #2

nitpicked

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1. Link to BBC

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Sat Nov 2, 2024, 06:40 AM

Saturday

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c2e7xgx11mgt

T_i_B

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2. It says everything.....

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2024, 05:10 PM

Saturday

......that the 2 worst candidates to be leader of the Conservative Party were always going to be the 2 that made it onto the final ballot.

Expect a lot of blather from Conservatives about "woke" (whatever the flying chuff that's supposed to mean) and not a lot about things like the economy that matter a whole lot more.

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