Kemi Badenoch is emerging as the top choice among Conservative Party members to succeed Rishi Sunak, according to the first decisive grassroots poll of the race. The Timeshas the details:
The YouGov survey finds that the Shadow Housing and Communities Secretary is backed by 24% of party activists — eight points ahead of her nearest rival, Tom Tugendhat.
James Cleverly, the former Home Secretary, is third with 14%, and Robert Jenrick is fourth with 12%.
Priti Patel, who is competing for votes from the right of the party, is fifth at 11%, while Mel Stride, the former Work and Pensions Secretary, gets only 2%.
YouGov, which questioned a panel of 910 Tory members, also found that Badenoch would beat all of her rivals in a head-to-head contest. She would defeat Tugendhat by 49% to 31% and Jenrick by 48% to 33%.
Under the leadership rules, the field of six candidates will be whittled down to four in time for the party’s conference at the end of September. There will then be a hustings in front of members and MPs at the conference, after which MPs will narrow the field to the final two candidates.
They will go forward to a vote of all party members and the final victor will be announced in November. So far, candidates have been concentrating on getting the backing of as many MPs as possible in a bid to make it through to the final two.
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LwM
7 months ago
If Kemi had been appointed leader in 2022 and proved effective, I would probably have voted for them instead of Reform. But now the huge question mark over them remains as to whether or not they can be trusted even with her as leader.
Net Zero is a red line for me too. Their record on immigration and “covid” is catastrophic – short of a clearing out of most of them, or some kind of Damascene conversion, I can’t imagine ever voting for them. They talked a good fight before, but cannot be trusted.
Agree with the above, and in addition have not voted for any of the 3 major parties since they all supported HS2, so we have voted for UKIP, Brexit, Reform
As life becomes increasingly austere under the obligation to placate the God of Net Zero, vocal opposition to it will become increasingly valuable as a point-scoring exercise from the point of view of the Tories. I believe that ship has sailed as far as Starmer is concerned. But, given it’s a foregone conclusion that Reform will continue to vehemently oppose the policy, plus the potential for the Tories to cast doubt on the “commitments” to climate goals, Starmer’s implementation of them will stand on increasingly shaky foundations.
Has a loose connection to this country having grown up and been educated in Nigeria and USA which makes you question how British she really is. A lot of countries would not allow her to become leader.
Anyone thinking for one minute that the Badenoch presenting herself as the saviour of small c conservatism as she climbs the greasy pole would be the same Badenoch once leader is labouring under a multitude of delusions. The fake Conservative Party is rotten to its core and still stuffed to the rafters with Wets, its associations are full of yes men and its members are as fake Conservative as the party. Leave this party in the gutter where it belongs.
How could any self respecting Conservative have remained a member of this wretched fake outfit after 14 years of betrayal?
Last edited 7 months ago by Smudger
Heretic
7 months ago
First of all, who the blazes cares what the Dismal Failure Tories are doing, especially the Smug Nigerian woman, or the equally smug Sierra Leonean man? They had 14 years to fix Broken Britain, and ruined it even more.
Secondly, just like Starmer, Truss & Sunak, NONE of these loser Tories can hold the post of UK Prime Minister legally, according to the Law of This Land.
Thirdly, YouGov polls are a joke, founded by Tory Iraqi Muslim Nadhim Zahawi.
Fourthly, can we please have more news of the Reform Party Members of Parliament, who actually WILL fix Broken Britain?
There’s a bit of good news about the Reform Party for you, Heretic. Onwards and upwards …..
JXB
7 months ago
“top choice among Conservative Party members”
1) It was made clear that what the members choice is, is irrelevant – see Liz Truss.
2) There are no actual large C or small c members in the Conservative Party. If there were they would have voted Reform – by no means perfect but with some identifiable conservative values, and made sure Satan’s spawn wouldn’t end up governing.
“Before his term ends, President Joe Biden is planning to sign an executive order (EO) to speed up the nation’s adoption of a standardized digital identification platform controlled by Washington, D.C.
The digital ID system will require Americans to verify their identity and age in order to access certain public websites and services. This includes Obamacare and other government-run health care plans that will only be available to Americans who agree to participate in the digital ID program.”
“Having the opportunity to do useful work and provide for oneself and one’s family would once have been presumed to be innate, but many have been encouraged to become state-dependent. The simplest description of Economics is ‘the study of Man earning his living’. Without ‘men earning their living’, is there a real economy? The key to a stable UK economy, and the backbone of a stable society, is a thriving middle class. This is founded on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), created by people who work hard to build a business, employ others in meaningful jobs, and pay taxes. Our focus should be on rebuilding, incentivising and protecting a dynamic middle class, our ‘nation of shopkeepers’, with start-up capital loans, generous tax breaks in the early years, employment incentives, and legal protection against monopolistic pressures, forced takeovers, and unnecessary government bureaucracy. Good economies grow from the grass roots upwards. So, as a booster especially to the smaller-scale, unregistered, ‘unofficial’ retail industry, Ned Ludd would remove all requirements to declare cash transactions. Most cash eventually finds its way back to a bank, at which point is becomes declarable, and taxable as necessary. Whilst the convenience of digital transactions is neither disputed nor challenged, a fluid, self-sustaining cash economy in tandem is essential to prevent digital tyranny.”
Eh———Is she really a Conservative though? Or just another one of those Tories who think Politics is like a Supermarket who sells all the same stuff as the other supermarkets and all you need to do is have better branding?
I think she actually is a real Conservative, and not afraid to say it. The problem remains the fact that the majority of the surviving “Conservative” MPs are still wet, One Nation closet Lib Dems. That’s what she’s up against.
Kemi Badenoch is emerging as the top choice among Conservative Party members
Irrelevant of course if she does not end up as one of the top two chosen by Tory MPs.
Up to 2 days ago only 44 out of 121 had made their support known.
Richard Austin
7 months ago
She’s the best out of them, very straight talking but she needs to be able to disinfect the party and throw out every single Rejoiner, closet Socialist and LimpDim which is not going to leave her very much.
Then, of course, she needs cast iron policies to get out of the ECHR, deal with legal immigration (illegal is a smoke screen, it’s not a drop of pee after a mad Friday night) and how to plausibly grow the economy.
The overriding factor in winning people back is, of course, implementing a real and total break from the EU. We have to make it clear that Northern Ireland either unite Ireland or break completely; the shitty and cowardly deal Sunak did must be scrapped on day one.
Even with all of that in place and genuine Leavers / Conservatives in place I doubt I’ll go back. Too many lies, too many broken promises, too many wets and Socialist policies.
Central Office is a shambles IMHO. That must be a major target.
Aside from cherry-picking wet candidates for seats seems to be an inability to organise a p$%^-up [mass urination] in a brewery.
The basic bureaucracy is ineffectual IMHO. They can barely manage to keep in touch with their membership in any sensible effective manner at national and local levels.
The back office systems seem to be barely in evidence.
Just one part of the complacency 14 years of Tory government created.
If it was not for Reform UK that complacency might have continued.
Down to their last five score and twenty-odd MPs – what a come-down.
Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving lot.
RTSC
7 months ago
She’ll never get my vote. I’m now applying DEI to political candidates.
If they’re from an ethnic minority, I’m assuming they’re a diversity candidate and Didn’t Earn It. Their performances in the Uni-Party reinforce the impression that they have all been chosen for their immutable characteristics, not their abilities and I won’t endorse that.
DEI is just racism in reverse. It is racism against white people, particularly white men. And since I’m not a racist, I can’t possibly participate in anything which encourages it.
So, unfortunately, no BAME candidate will ever get my vote. Which is a great shame for any who genuinely deserve their place; but that’s how discrimination works. The bad and the good all get lumped together.
On a better note, Dorset now has a Reform UK County Organiser in place. “Things can only get better…..”
Pilla
7 months ago
Why on earth would anyone vote for any of these candidates who were all in the Tory government which so dismally failed us? I support none of these parties (including Reform) who all pushed the Covid jabs and lockdowns (why are we forgetting that?). We effectively have a one-party state and all this is pure gaslighting and utterly meaningless.
What you need to do along with millions of others is join a political party in droves and band together to vote for your party of choice to adopt the policies you believe are the best.
What you should not do is what you are doing – nothing to help.
The Labour Party at the moment has just over 300,000 members.
If only the people of the UK were more like Americans who do join political parties and get active.
What a difference it would make if ordinary people joined a party and outvoted the loony left bonkers policies and prevented people like Ed Minibrain from having any support. Why does anyone support someone that crazy? Is it because they are all a bit crazy?
The Conservative membership similarly is at a low.
And what party would you suggest I join (the only one I could currently contemplate would be the Heritage party)? How do you know I am doing nothing (but bearing in mind that i
am 75 and have a husband with cancer to keep an eye on)? Are you being a teeny bit patronising?
As a Reform voter (and now member), I still find it amazing that this dying party is trying to get votes back from the likes of me, who actively made the choice to change. Many other Reform voters are ex Labour voters, who they have no chance of recovering. But still the media (even GBNews) bang on about Reform being where they need to get the votes back from and no-one asks them how they are going to get those who did not turn out to vote of their backsides and into the polling booths – why not?? Why do they keep attacking Reform rather than going for the stay at homes?
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If Kemi had been appointed leader in 2022 and proved effective, I would probably have voted for them instead of Reform. But now the huge question mark over them remains as to whether or not they can be trusted even with her as leader.
Unless they row back on Net Zero by 2050 I will never vote for them again.
Net Zero is a red line for me too. Their record on immigration and “covid” is catastrophic – short of a clearing out of most of them, or some kind of Damascene conversion, I can’t imagine ever voting for them. They talked a good fight before, but cannot be trusted.
Agree with the above, and in addition have not voted for any of the 3 major parties since they all supported HS2, so we have voted for UKIP, Brexit, Reform
As life becomes increasingly austere under the obligation to placate the God of Net Zero, vocal opposition to it will become increasingly valuable as a point-scoring exercise from the point of view of the Tories. I believe that ship has sailed as far as Starmer is concerned. But, given it’s a foregone conclusion that Reform will continue to vehemently oppose the policy, plus the potential for the Tories to cast doubt on the “commitments” to climate goals, Starmer’s implementation of them will stand on increasingly shaky foundations.
She’s Gove’s protege. That’s reason enough for me not to even consider voting for her.
Has a loose connection to this country having grown up and been educated in Nigeria and USA which makes you question how British she really is. A lot of countries would not allow her to become leader.
Anyone thinking for one minute that the Badenoch presenting herself as the saviour of small c conservatism as she climbs the greasy pole would be the same Badenoch once leader is labouring under a multitude of delusions. The fake Conservative Party is rotten to its core and still stuffed to the rafters with Wets, its associations are full of yes men and its members are as fake Conservative as the party. Leave this party in the gutter where it belongs.
How could any self respecting Conservative have remained a member of this wretched fake outfit after 14 years of betrayal?
First of all, who the blazes cares what the Dismal Failure Tories are doing, especially the Smug Nigerian woman, or the equally smug Sierra Leonean man? They had 14 years to fix Broken Britain, and ruined it even more.
Secondly, just like Starmer, Truss & Sunak, NONE of these loser Tories can hold the post of UK Prime Minister legally, according to the Law of This Land.
Thirdly, YouGov polls are a joke, founded by Tory Iraqi Muslim Nadhim Zahawi.
Fourthly, can we please have more news of the Reform Party Members of Parliament, who actually WILL fix Broken Britain?
Thank you.
Good point regarding news of Reform
Dorset now has a Reform County Organiser.
There’s a bit of good news about the Reform Party for you, Heretic. Onwards and upwards …..
“top choice among Conservative Party members”
1) It was made clear that what the members choice is, is irrelevant – see Liz Truss.
2) There are no actual large C or small c members in the Conservative Party. If there were they would have voted Reform – by no means perfect but with some identifiable conservative values, and made sure Satan’s spawn wouldn’t end up governing.
Indeed. She was rubbish on “covid”, as were all the candidates doubtless.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/29837986/kemi-badenoch-bid-increase-migration-video/
Apparently she’s changed her mind but has the party?
Great find! Her hypocrisy is off the scale.
Off-T
https://tyranny.news/2024-08-22-americans-refuse-digital-id-denied-health-care.html
“Before his term ends, President Joe Biden is planning to sign an executive order (EO) to speed up the nation’s adoption of a standardized digital identification platform controlled by Washington, D.C.
The digital ID system will require Americans to verify their identity and age in order to access certain public websites and services. This includes Obamacare and other government-run health care plans that will only be available to Americans who agree to participate in the digital ID program.”
Australia is doing exactly the same thing.
https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-05-28-australian-parliament-passes-digital-id-law-globalist-control.html
Chilling
Who cares what the members think, if the establishment ie Bank of England
don’t approve they will get rid of her, see Liz Truss
And if Reform do not adopt the following ten point plan as their manifesto they need their heads wobbling…
https://thenewconservative.co.uk/is-it-time-for-the-luddite-party/
Point 10 – Restore the work ethic.
“Having the opportunity to do useful work and provide for oneself and one’s family would once have been presumed to be innate, but many have been encouraged to become state-dependent. The simplest description of Economics is ‘the study of Man earning his living’. Without ‘men earning their living’, is there a real economy? The key to a stable UK economy, and the backbone of a stable society, is a thriving middle class. This is founded on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), created by people who work hard to build a business, employ others in meaningful jobs, and pay taxes. Our focus should be on rebuilding, incentivising and protecting a dynamic middle class, our ‘nation of shopkeepers’, with start-up capital loans, generous tax breaks in the early years, employment incentives, and legal protection against monopolistic pressures, forced takeovers, and unnecessary government bureaucracy. Good economies grow from the grass roots upwards. So, as a booster especially to the smaller-scale, unregistered, ‘unofficial’ retail industry, Ned Ludd would remove all requirements to declare cash transactions. Most cash eventually finds its way back to a bank, at which point is becomes declarable, and taxable as necessary. Whilst the convenience of digital transactions is neither disputed nor challenged, a fluid, self-sustaining cash economy in tandem is essential to prevent digital tyranny.”
Brilliant
Eh———Is she really a Conservative though? Or just another one of those Tories who think Politics is like a Supermarket who sells all the same stuff as the other supermarkets and all you need to do is have better branding?
I think she actually is a real Conservative, and not afraid to say it. The problem remains the fact that the majority of the surviving “Conservative” MPs are still wet, One Nation closet Lib Dems. That’s what she’s up against.
Yes and when you consider Braverman is nowhere to be seen the so called Conservatives for me are just faking it.
Looking pretty good for Reform UK what with Starmer’s first 50 days being a shit show too.
Hardly surprising they are not saying too much.
Not much need to especially with David ‘Idi Amin’ Lammy and Ed Minibrain.
A process that is less about ‘healing the sick’, as ‘raising the dead’.
I’ve never heard of Mel Stride but he sounds like a step in the right direction.
If he takes a step in the right direction, but is prevented from taking the party any further, at least we can say Mel’s tried.
Irrelevant of course if she does not end up as one of the top two chosen by Tory MPs.
Up to 2 days ago only 44 out of 121 had made their support known.
She’s the best out of them, very straight talking but she needs to be able to disinfect the party and throw out every single Rejoiner, closet Socialist and LimpDim which is not going to leave her very much.
Then, of course, she needs cast iron policies to get out of the ECHR, deal with legal immigration (illegal is a smoke screen, it’s not a drop of pee after a mad Friday night) and how to plausibly grow the economy.
The overriding factor in winning people back is, of course, implementing a real and total break from the EU. We have to make it clear that Northern Ireland either unite Ireland or break completely; the shitty and cowardly deal Sunak did must be scrapped on day one.
Even with all of that in place and genuine Leavers / Conservatives in place I doubt I’ll go back. Too many lies, too many broken promises, too many wets and Socialist policies.
Central Office is a shambles IMHO. That must be a major target.
Aside from cherry-picking wet candidates for seats seems to be an inability to organise a p$%^-up [mass urination] in a brewery.
The basic bureaucracy is ineffectual IMHO. They can barely manage to keep in touch with their membership in any sensible effective manner at national and local levels.
The back office systems seem to be barely in evidence.
Just one part of the complacency 14 years of Tory government created.
If it was not for Reform UK that complacency might have continued.
Down to their last five score and twenty-odd MPs – what a come-down.
Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving lot.
She’ll never get my vote. I’m now applying DEI to political candidates.
If they’re from an ethnic minority, I’m assuming they’re a diversity candidate and Didn’t Earn It. Their performances in the Uni-Party reinforce the impression that they have all been chosen for their immutable characteristics, not their abilities and I won’t endorse that.
DEI is just racism in reverse. It is racism against white people, particularly white men. And since I’m not a racist, I can’t possibly participate in anything which encourages it.
So, unfortunately, no BAME candidate will ever get my vote. Which is a great shame for any who genuinely deserve their place; but that’s how discrimination works. The bad and the good all get lumped together.
On a better note, Dorset now has a Reform UK County Organiser in place. “Things can only get better…..”
Why on earth would anyone vote for any of these candidates who were all in the Tory government which so dismally failed us? I support none of these parties (including Reform) who all pushed the Covid jabs and lockdowns (why are we forgetting that?). We effectively have a one-party state and all this is pure gaslighting and utterly meaningless.
What you need to do along with millions of others is join a political party in droves and band together to vote for your party of choice to adopt the policies you believe are the best.
What you should not do is what you are doing – nothing to help.
The Labour Party at the moment has just over 300,000 members.
If only the people of the UK were more like Americans who do join political parties and get active.
What a difference it would make if ordinary people joined a party and outvoted the loony left bonkers policies and prevented people like Ed Minibrain from having any support. Why does anyone support someone that crazy? Is it because they are all a bit crazy?
The Conservative membership similarly is at a low.
Lib Dems not so much.
Reform UK no one knows.
And what party would you suggest I join (the only one I could currently contemplate would be the Heritage party)? How do you know I am doing nothing (but bearing in mind that i
am 75 and have a husband with cancer to keep an eye on)? Are you being a teeny bit patronising?
You are on here moaning and not either providing any useful information or suggestions.
If you really are 75 then you are old enough to make your own mind up.
Choose a party with policies you disagree with along with a lot of other people and change them.
PS I have a leper colony to look after, along with ten cats [three leopards, three lions, three cheetahs and a tabby) and four bicycles.
PPS I lied about the colony and the cats.
As a Reform voter (and now member), I still find it amazing that this dying party is trying to get votes back from the likes of me, who actively made the choice to change. Many other Reform voters are ex Labour voters, who they have no chance of recovering. But still the media (even GBNews) bang on about Reform being where they need to get the votes back from and no-one asks them how they are going to get those who did not turn out to vote of their backsides and into the polling booths – why not?? Why do they keep attacking Reform rather than going for the stay at homes?
‘off their backsides’ oops
Threats are attacked. But Reform is more than a threst.
What people in the UK need to do is become politically active.
Pick the parties with the policies you most disagree with and join them with as many as your friends and family who agree.
Do this on a local constituency party level and take the f’ing local party over lock stock and two smoking barrels.
Don’t get pissed off.
Get even.
And start today.