US EditionKemi Badenoch ‘will not chase Farage to the Right’
- In the local elections held on May 1, 2025, the Conservative Party experienced a significant setback, relinquishing 674 council seats and losing authority over 16 local councils across England.
- These heavy defeats resulted from widespread voter dissatisfaction, with Reform UK capitalizing on the backlash against both Conservatives and Labour.
- Reform UK gained 677 councillors and took control of 10 councils, while the Liberal Democrats also made strong gains, winning 163 seats and three councils.
- Kemi Badenoch told the BBC that the party plans to respond vigorously and is focused on a gradual, long-term strategy to regain power by the end of the decade, while rejecting any move to align more closely with Reform UK’s right-wing stance.
- The election results pressured Badenoch to enact radical changes soon, as Tory MPs called for a new course to resist Reform’s rise and avoid further electoral collapse.
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Kemi Badenoch’s call for ‘massive Margaret Thatcher statue outside Parliament’ met with brutal mockery
With so much going on in the world politically – the local elections, the US-Ukraine minerals deal, Israel’s latest airstrikes near Syria – you might expect the leader of the opposition to stay focused. Instead, Kemi Badenoch turned attention to an unexpected priority – the erection of a ‘massive’ statue of Margaret Thatcher outside Parliament. This would be in addition to the existing statue of the former prime minister located inside the Pala…
Changing leader not enough to fix Tories, Badenoch says - Business Fast
Kemi Badenoch has said it would be wrong to think a change of leader would “fix everything” after the Conservatives suffered heavy losses in English local elections. The Tory leader told the BBC her party would “come out fighting” after losing 674 council seats and control of 16 authorities. But she cautioned against a knee-jerk response, saying the party’s issues were “not going to be fixed after six months” of her leadership. She said: “Reform…
Changing leader not enough to fix Tories, Badenoch says | Tech, Entertainment, Sport, Fashion, Travel News
Kemi Badenoch has said it would be wrong to think a change of leader would “fix everything” after the Conservatives suffered heavy losses in English local elections. The Tory leader told the BBC her party would “come out fighting” after losing 674 council seats and control of 16 authorities. But she cautioned against a knee-jerk response, saying the party’s issues were “not going to be fixed after six months” of her leadership. She said: “Reform…
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