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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I struggle to forgive that man for the damage he has done. Although he is leading the normie flock along his gradual u-turn to the ‘conspiracy theorists’ (intelligent) views.
He appears to be demonstrating the fact that millions have been conned. He’s also shown what can be done to express certain things on that publishing system!
If the lab leak theory hadn’t been so ruthlessly suppressed in early 2020 then pressure could have resulted in the lab releasing data on the nature of the work being done and the stage they’d reached by that point. This could have helped medical experts find effective treatments (and exclude treatments that would go on to be seen as harmful), and could have informed about the effectiveness of NPI.
It is likely that both the lab/China and Western authorities are partly responsible for large numbers of deaths that could otherwise have been prevented.
Yes, Fauci himself funnelled money to the Wuhan Institute of Virology via Peter Daszak of Ecohealth Alliance. That’s why the email trail is so revealing, he knew even while he was lifting the carpet to hide the evidence.
I think I know what you mean but it rather looks like they knew all the NPIs were worse than useless, that the “vaccines” were not safe and effective, and that alternative cheap treatments existed that were ignored/suppressed. That’s kind of irrespective of any theory or knowledge about the origins.
RTSC
2 years ago
You have to be seriously gullible and naive to believe that a novel virus, which suddenly appeared in a Chinese city where there just happens to be a Government establishment carrying out virus research, was the result of a natural evolutionary process.
The desperate attempts to suppress and silence the “conspiracy theory” just made it even more credible.
So now we know the “virus,” modified ‘flu,came from a lab – no shit Sherlock. We are now expected to believe that some of the primary culprits for what developed were acting in haste. Let’s not forget that “Pandemic” plans had been drawn up across the world for just this sort of scenario, who then decided to overule these plans and let loose all the Agenda 21/30 plans?
Ok we know but the story ATL has that part to confirm. I suppose it does usefully illustrate the sheer second-rankness of the likes of Fauci and Farrar. Who pushed their buttons and gave them their orders which set in train the murder and mayhem of the last three years? What holds have TRPTB got over these people? At least it confirms they are being controlled.
Were the lab leak theatrics merely the Trojan horse to introduce mRNA jabs and the ensuing dark agenda?
Throwing a few scientists under the bus and maybe a few politicians for gain of function shenanigans will be all it will take. And the vaccine uptake opportunity to end all vaccine uptake opportunities will have worked very nicely. Except for your gran is course and the future of mankind.
Great article.
“Where the self-delusion stops and conscious lying begins is hard to say. The Fauci emails show us scientists simultaneously assessing evidence ‘objectively’ and aiming at a particular conclusion.”
Fauci emails do indeed ‘show us’ a discussion. But this layer of communication would always emerge eventually and was probably constructed with a little care.
Farrar’s burner phone chats, illegibly transcribed by his wife, in the wee small hours would perhaps shed more light on the subject. Burner phone discussions are probably burner phone discussions for a reason. The Biodefence network is entirely indifferent to your granny and even their own.
https://amzn.to/3gtYDer
And what happened to the ominous pangolin, the data, the thesis etc.?
TJN
2 years ago
Another most useful article from Will. His efforts to delve into the mindset of the email correspondents are laudable and revealing.
The Fauci emails show us scientists simultaneously assessing evidence ‘objectively’ and aiming at a particular conclusion. They appear to be trying to convince themselves as much as anyone else, and they may well have succeeded in convincing themselves …
Were I an historian reading these documents I would probably conclude the same.
greggsy01
2 years ago
If it was lab leaked and we don’t know how/where exactly it happened, it’s bound to happen again, for sure. How many of those bio labs are around the world including in some dodgy or war-torn places.
It’s not an accident (no pun intended) that air travel is one of the safest means of transport, but rather a result of meticulous learning on mistakes. Will we learn anything from COVID? or only that it has made some companies and people filthy rich and that governments can exercise any level of authoritarianism they want.
It might be a rhetorical question, but you could tot up the number of national governments that have state funded departments, like the Ministry of Defence (or War Department). No doubt a fair bit of it has been privatised as well. However, the concept of using a human or animal virus as a weapon doesn’t seem credible, with the one in question being so indiscriminate – unless it really was intended to wipe out certain age groups.
it doesn’t have to be a bio weapon to cause catastrophic damage directly or indirectly (through NPIs). Wuhan lab is a non military one although I read there is evidence Chinese military were doing some ‘research’ there.
Agree a virus is probably not the best choice to use as a weapon as it’s too indiscriminate and difficult to control.
There didn’t have to be a virus. Think about it, lots of colds and ‘flu about, ok we will call it C1984. Ramp up the (already bought) presses and let’s go with probably the biggest and most malignant propoganda exercise in world history and to what end?
“Vaccines.”
‘The only way out of this and a return to normal’ is for everybody to roll their sleeves up.
I hold a view that C19 was slightly more dangerous than flu for certain categories of people (old or/and very sick), but it was definitely deliberately amplified out of all proportions to exercise control and to rush experimental vaxxes and treatments to make money. but this is just me.
Great article. Another somewhat enormous question is how Klaus Schwab managed to conceptualise a 280 page book called Covid 19: The Great Reset a few weeks after “the first hazy reports of a coronavirus outbreak were emerging” when he first apparently had the idea, then write, publish, print and release it by the end of June.
I don’t know much about the publishing industry but this seems a historically remarkable, some might say impossible achievement.
Last edited 2 years ago by psychedelia smith
blunt instrument
2 years ago
“new light on what they have been conspiring about” Will said the C word. Is that allowed?
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Who isn’t sceptical now? Today’s YT publication by J Campbell is worth watching (about 27 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FckD6qL76uA
Covers the same ground as the article above, in effect.
I struggle to forgive that man for the damage he has done. Although he is leading the normie flock along his gradual u-turn to the ‘conspiracy theorists’ (intelligent) views.
He appears to be demonstrating the fact that millions have been conned. He’s also shown what can be done to express certain things on that publishing system!
This isn’t simply a case of ‘who to blame’.
If the lab leak theory hadn’t been so ruthlessly suppressed in early 2020 then pressure could have resulted in the lab releasing data on the nature of the work being done and the stage they’d reached by that point. This could have helped medical experts find effective treatments (and exclude treatments that would go on to be seen as harmful), and could have informed about the effectiveness of NPI.
It is likely that both the lab/China and Western authorities are partly responsible for large numbers of deaths that could otherwise have been prevented.
Didn’t the west instruct the research and pay for it?
Yes, Fauci himself funnelled money to the Wuhan Institute of Virology via Peter Daszak of Ecohealth Alliance. That’s why the email trail is so revealing, he knew even while he was lifting the carpet to hide the evidence.
I think I know what you mean but it rather looks like they knew all the NPIs were worse than useless, that the “vaccines” were not safe and effective, and that alternative cheap treatments existed that were ignored/suppressed. That’s kind of irrespective of any theory or knowledge about the origins.
You have to be seriously gullible and naive to believe that a novel virus, which suddenly appeared in a Chinese city where there just happens to be a Government establishment carrying out virus research, was the result of a natural evolutionary process.
The desperate attempts to suppress and silence the “conspiracy theory” just made it even more credible.
And especially gullible and naive when one of the first actions was to remove the database covering Wuhan’s activities from view
So now we know the “virus,” modified ‘flu,came from a lab – no shit Sherlock. We are now expected to believe that some of the primary culprits for what developed were acting in haste. Let’s not forget that “Pandemic” plans had been drawn up across the world for just this sort of scenario, who then decided to overule these plans and let loose all the Agenda 21/30 plans?
Ok we know but the story ATL has that part to confirm. I suppose it does usefully illustrate the sheer second-rankness of the likes of Fauci and Farrar. Who pushed their buttons and gave them their orders which set in train the murder and mayhem of the last three years? What holds have TRPTB got over these people? At least it confirms they are being controlled.
Were the lab leak theatrics merely the Trojan horse to introduce mRNA jabs and the ensuing dark agenda?
Throwing a few scientists under the bus and maybe a few politicians for gain of function shenanigans will be all it will take. And the vaccine uptake opportunity to end all vaccine uptake opportunities will have worked very nicely. Except for your gran is course and the future of mankind.
Great article.
“Where the self-delusion stops and conscious lying begins is hard to say. The Fauci emails show us scientists simultaneously assessing evidence ‘objectively’ and aiming at a particular conclusion.”
Fauci emails do indeed ‘show us’ a discussion. But this layer of communication would always emerge eventually and was probably constructed with a little care.
Farrar’s burner phone chats, illegibly transcribed by his wife, in the wee small hours would perhaps shed more light on the subject. Burner phone discussions are probably burner phone discussions for a reason. The Biodefence network is entirely indifferent to your granny and even their own.
Yes it’s entirely possible a lot of this content was consciously constructed with posterity in mind.
https://amzn.to/3gtYDer
And what happened to the ominous pangolin, the data, the thesis etc.?
Another most useful article from Will. His efforts to delve into the mindset of the email correspondents are laudable and revealing.
The Fauci emails show us scientists simultaneously assessing evidence ‘objectively’ and aiming at a particular conclusion. They appear to be trying to convince themselves as much as anyone else, and they may well have succeeded in convincing themselves …
Were I an historian reading these documents I would probably conclude the same.
If it was lab leaked and we don’t know how/where exactly it happened, it’s bound to happen again, for sure. How many of those bio labs are around the world including in some dodgy or war-torn places.
It’s not an accident (no pun intended) that air travel is one of the safest means of transport, but rather a result of meticulous learning on mistakes. Will we learn anything from COVID? or only that it has made some companies and people filthy rich and that governments can exercise any level of authoritarianism they want.
It might be a rhetorical question, but you could tot up the number of national governments that have state funded departments, like the Ministry of Defence (or War Department). No doubt a fair bit of it has been privatised as well. However, the concept of using a human or animal virus as a weapon doesn’t seem credible, with the one in question being so indiscriminate – unless it really was intended to wipe out certain age groups.
it doesn’t have to be a bio weapon to cause catastrophic damage directly or indirectly (through NPIs). Wuhan lab is a non military one although I read there is evidence Chinese military were doing some ‘research’ there.
Agree a virus is probably not the best choice to use as a weapon as it’s too indiscriminate and difficult to control.
There didn’t have to be a virus. Think about it, lots of colds and ‘flu about, ok we will call it C1984. Ramp up the (already bought) presses and let’s go with probably the biggest and most malignant propoganda exercise in world history and to what end?
“Vaccines.”
‘The only way out of this and a return to normal’ is for everybody to roll their sleeves up.
Ok.
Bingo and Depopulation is on its way.
Quite simple really.
I hold a view that C19 was slightly more dangerous than flu for certain categories of people (old or/and very sick), but it was definitely deliberately amplified out of all proportions to exercise control and to rush experimental vaxxes and treatments to make money. but this is just me.
Great article. Another somewhat enormous question is how Klaus Schwab managed to conceptualise a 280 page book called Covid 19: The Great Reset a few weeks after “the first hazy reports of a coronavirus outbreak were emerging” when he first apparently had the idea, then write, publish, print and release it by the end of June.
I don’t know much about the publishing industry but this seems a historically remarkable, some might say impossible achievement.
“new light on what they have been conspiring about”
Will said the C word. Is that allowed?