News Round-Up
6 July 2025
by Will Jones
Kemi Badenoch is that rare thing, says Dr David McGrogan: a politician willing to speak the truth, whatever the cost. She will take the fight to Keir Starmer's Government, and that is a reason for hope.
Kemi Badenoch has been announced as the new Conservative Party leader, defeating Robert Jenrick by 56.6% to 43.4% in a ballot of party members.
Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet, in its entirety, knew that the Rwanda Bill would not work, Robert Jenrick has said, but they all turned a blind eye, leading him to quit as Immigration Minister.
According to politics professor James Alexander, the dirty little secret of British politics is the leader of the Labour Party can never be a women. If that happened, all hell would break loose.
Conservative leadership candidate Robert Jenrick has promised to repeal the Climate Change Act, the Equality Act and the Human Rights Act if he ever becomes Prime Minister.
An Albanian wanted for murder in his home country has won the right to remain in the U.K. under the European Convention on Human Rights, renewing calls for the U.K. to quit the treaty.
Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick are through to the final two of the Tory leadership contest as a shock ballot of MPs dumps out the frontrunner James Cleverly.
The Covid lockdowns turned Boris Johnson into Oliver Cromwell, making him only the second British leader to have cancelled Christmas, Conservative leadership candidate James Cleverly has said.
Robert Jenrick has found himself in an early pole position in the Tory leadership race as he topped the first round ballot – as Priti Patel became the first to be knocked out.
A fresh YouGov survey reveals the Shadow Housing and Communities Secretary is pulling ahead in the race to replace Rishi Sunak, outstripping Tom Tugendhat by a commanding eight points.
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