James Cleverly’s shadow Tory leadership bid heats up

James Cleverly’s shadow Tory leadership bid heats up

Is James Cleverly making another bid for the Conservative leadership? That’s certainly how his speech at the Conservative Environment Network’s Sam Barker Memorial Lecture on Wednesday night, in which he talked about “rejecting both the Luddite left and the Luddite right”, has been interpreted by Tory watchers. “James Cleverly takes on Kemi Badenoch over decision to ditch net zero targets”, read the Guardian headline. The Mail went with “Kemi Ba…