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Badenoch refuses to say whether she would resign over poor results in May
Kemi Badenoch rejects electoral pacts with Reform UK despite 20 Tory councillors defecting and Tory support for collaboration reaching 64% in a YouGov poll, she says.
- On Tuesday, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch repeatedly refused to say whether she admires Reform UK leader Nigel Farage at the Manchester conference amid intense media questioning.
- Amid 20 Tory councillors defecting to Reform UK and eight councillors who moved since March, observers say the defections respond to the threat posed by Reform, which is currently leading in polls.
- During a string of interviews, Badenoch said, `People have been complaining to me about having to queue to get in`, after a packed Young Conservatives event where she admitted her voice was hoarse.
- Badenoch insisted the party was `united` despite defections, while a YouGov poll showed half of Conservative members oppose her leadership and prefer Robert Jenrick; she ruled out any pact with Reform.
- With Reform polling around 30% and support for the Tories falling from 26% to 17%, membership appetite for closer ties is evident.
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Kemi Badenoch sings ‘Sweet Caroline’ in pub singalong at Tory party conference
Kemi Badenoch can be seen singing along to Sweet Caroline with Conservative supporters during the party’s annual conference in Manchester. The Tory leader was seen waving a Union Jack flag and joining younger members in the pub after the day’s events on Monday (6 October). Appearing on BBC Breakfast the next morning, she admitted her voice was hoarse from the late-night singing, but praised the Young Conservatives as “a really fun bunch”. “I sho…
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right0Center11Last UpdatedBias Distribution73% Center
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