Suella Braverman ‘isolated from allies’ as Kemi Badenoch storms ahead for Conservative leader

“You saw what happened to Suella Braverman when she made it very obvious that she was running…People were like, hang on a moment this isn’t something we particularly like.”
Suella Braverman has been “abandoned” by her main allies, leaving Kemi Badenoch as the frontrunner candidate from the right of the party to be the next Conservative leader, political correspondent Theo Usherwood tells #TimesRadio.
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[@smoozerish]

I love the fact that the Tories are going to pick a new unelectable leader to further drag them down.

[@elih9700]

You are not reading the room, and not keeping up with current events.

[@ScruffyTubbles]

At last someone as amused at all of this as I am. This is nice marmalade toast eating .... Let me have some peace quiet and entertainment please.

[@MFisher7346]

@@elih9700 And which party do you support? Let me guess... it begins with R?

[@foundpat]

Badenoch will not last a year.

[@ScruffyTubbles]

@@foundpat Come on! I like her. Look at abject ignominy in the Commons the other day (along with the other privately educated mediocrity a bit later (Atkins).

[@yamadakenji4143]

Every time there's a Tory leadership bid it seems like a race to bottom. May the worst person win?

[@lordhenrywotton95]

The issue is that the membership are significantly more right wing than Tory MPs, Tory voters and floating voters. They’ve almost always chosen the more right wing candidate, Cameron possibly the only exception.

[@ScruffyTubbles]

Can we have a few more players please?

[@melluques8475]

Always is the louder one😵‍💫🕊🙏🏻✝️

[@Misaki.Manifestation]

I live in the middle of a tory constituency. I can confirm, they're all braindead and keep voting further to the right.

[@rkgooner89]

Suella gets my vote as TORY PARTY LEADER all day long,! she has all the qualities to be a true standout tory leader, a liar, racist, deluded , entitled, big mouth, detached from reality living in la la land in her mind , totally and truly deluded, these are but a few attributes amongst others that she demonstrates daily against decency to ordinary human beings. In short she would do the perfect job for the TORY party and give them and her backers what they TRULY all deserve !

[@MarkInOxford]

It's disappointing that The Times are giving so much airtime to such an extreme and insignificant group.

[@Martinskitchen-pj9yd]

Don't forget who owns The Times

[@freemantle85]

Could be worst, they could be talking about Reform or The Greens

[@persperspersp2866]

@@freemantle85 Lol Reform is extreme.... Greens are, nice polite Center-left people. Europe has not seen actual "left" since the 1920s....

[@Gramsci]

Yeah. The Tories are completely irrelevant for the next four and half years

[@heliotropezzz333]

@@freemantle85 worse

[@Ronald-o9x]

Look, we don't care about the Tories anymore! Less airtime!!

[@Goldstone93]

Braverman is a destroyer, she’s not a builder

[@cupguin]

Kemi "I'm negotiating with Canada!" Badenoch? Kemi "Canada: we're not negotiating" Badenoch? Kemi "doubling down on the lie about negotiating with Canada" Badenoch? I'm sure it will be fine.

[@glennjanot8128]

Kemi "I know the rules of parliament better than the Speaker and will argue with him about it" Badenoch. Yep, what could go wrong.

[@ScruffyTubbles]

I thought her Brexit deal with New Zealand and Australia was a success though. I think I would want a bit more than 0.08% in my personal bank account as a consequence though - say a 100% uplift payable, BVI unsourced direct bank transfer when leaving SW1?

[@glennjanot8128]

@@ScruffyTubbles The trade deals, especially with Australia, are the opposite of success. The hosts of Australia TV news made fun of Britain after Truss agreed to everything they asked for.

[@farhanatashiga3721]

​@@glennjanot8128 she was too busy making sure she looked good on Instagram

[@ronroberts8070]

Who cares !Shes yesterdays news if the press stop giving her air time !

[@BrewVivo]

Sadly, the media prioritises fueds and drama which generates clicks rather than being informative on anything important

[@davidhall7744]

Shows you how terrible Kemi Badenough is when it takes Cruella Braverman to make her look good 😂

[@maggieedwards3951]

😂

[@Rayblondie]

Braverman is tops for me also Priti Patel.

[@Yui-ip7cd]

@@Rayblondie Sorry Suella Braverman is at the bottom Tip of the Toilet brooms.

[@veganbarnsley15]

@@RayblondieThey were in government and failed, badly. Why would you want to give either if them another chance? They lie, cheat and are incompetent.

[@justaguycommenting]

Why is Kemi Badenoch a thing??? I'd literally never heard of her before she decided to just... run for leader against Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss!

[@jumbo4billion]

She's been knocking around for years

[@heliotropezzz333]

She's been a Secretary of State twice and a Minister once. She's been a nuisance always.

[@AbsentMindedGamer]

@@heliotropezzz333 and was a terrible minister according to Rishi

[@heliotropezzz333]

@@AbsentMindedGamer Indeed. I wasn't endorsing her.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

Skin colour counts above merit nowadays.

[@g.pmoore4293]

God what an awful choice .

[@Yui-ip7cd]

@@g.pmoore4293 awful choice for Suella Braverman. Sacked by Truss.

[@Sat-Man-Alpha]

What is better? Pest or Cholera?🤢🤯🤮

[@Yui-ip7cd]

@@Sat-Man-Alpha Suella is neither a Pest or Cholera but AIDs.

[@steviechat]

Suella Braverman, no discipline, no integrity and no honour.

[@pauld7827]

Starmer, no integrity, no idea, can't be trusted and a disaster in the making.

[@gillianbrown8502]

Limited intelligence and an appalling record for incompetence as a Minister.

[@ScruffyTubbles]

She honours herself doesn't she? Particularly when taking the benefits of the Erasmus Scheme and the grant to do her Masters at the Sorbonne whilst hating the EU at the time.

[@Yui-ip7cd]

And no one likes her.

[@paulmason329]

And a white supremacist appeaser to boot.

[@Nick.0f.T1me]

Blue screen of death was a fitting backdrop to this video.

[@adam28xx]

The Tories have already had three ghastly female leaders, starting with the deeply divisive Thatcher, the hopelessly useless May, and the deranged ego-tripping Truss. If they choose the arrogant uppity Badenoch they'll be sentencing themselves to permanent opposition which, now we think about it, will probably be a good thing.

[@PassiveAgressive319]

Yep

[@stephfoxwell4620]

You're not trying to tell me Thatcher was female are you?

[@stephfoxwell4620]

@vidiadhur Hate is a very strong word I distrust her as she is culturally Nigerian and dislike her because she is a Neo-lib shill

[@FranzBieberkopf]

Bad Enoch would be hilarious as party leader. Most of her fellow MPs will join Reform, along with Braverman.

[@charlespirate1]

Tories and their tame media should have isolated these fanatics years ago

[@ginawatson5942]

Her Nigerian background will not win voters. Roll on 2028, we will have no choice but to vote Remain. We voted Labour only because we needed to boot out Rishi Sunak. They do not learn.

[@Cincinnatus-q4i]

If the Conservative party elects a "wet" One-nation leader it will show they've learned absolutely zilch

[@the500mphtortoise]

Is Kemi a wet?

[@petertaylor1447]

The Conservative Party seem to have learned nothing about choosing a leader. The Party are likening the choosing of a leader to a personality contest before the internal discussion about future vision and what the Party should stand for going forward. They need a competitive positioning v Labour and v Reform. Then choose the leader best able to articulate the positioning.

[@nhaezer5121]

So well-said!

[@MrGezino1]

The Parlimentary Tories really need to do themselves a favour and not put the leadership vote to the nationwide members of the party. They are guaranteed to vote for the most loony rightwing candidate on offer. Learning from past mistakes isn't something they do... Let's face it, if they could learn from the past, it's unlikey they would be Tory Party Members!

[@jonsteele7227]

They absolutely have to put a vote to their members because that is what the tory party stands for. The fact they are right wing racist bigots is hardly the rest of the country's problem. It merely demonstrates that their MP's are in sheeps clothing to get votes

[@Yui-ip7cd]

@@MrGezino1 Sunak given the chance in the Tories leadership and was proven a failure.

[@farhanatashiga3721]

​@@Yui-ip7cdyeah because they rather elect a rotten lettuce instead

[@annishilcock4587]

Holding their feet to the fire? The Tories don't have a leg to stand on, so talk of other peoples feet is ironic to say the least. And from what I've heard there's no room in the Commons tearoom, is full of Labour mps

[@michaelmccarthy9411]

Jim Hacker was a big surprise, and UK politics seems to follow this show quite closely

[@theloniousm4337]

If those two are the cream making its way to the top it really does beg the question of how low are UK MP salaries? Could you make more driving a taxi?

[@mypointofview1111]

Brings to mind the old saying, **it floats

[@joe9042]

Suella, the Reform Party, needs YOU!

[@Sam-y5o6j]

It's like selecting the best haemorrhoid to negotiate your mortgage renewal.

[@rollosinternet1853]

😅😂🤣

[@thethinkingcatakaneonormie3527]

Really the Members will not accept Braverman or Badinoch as both try too hard my bets is it won't be anyone linked to the cabinet and hopefully not a PartyGater

[@kaiying74]

1:15 - Oh, hello Windows & Crowdstrike... 🤣🤣

[@maggieedwards3951]

😂

[@ScruffyTubbles]

This is ridiculous. She's a real treasure and extremely amusing to see rant on. Do they have no sympathy with the public and their desire to see more of this?

[@sillypuppy5940]

She was there to say ridiculous things to keep the Tory right happy. Nothing else.

[@ScruffyTubbles]

@@sillypuppy5940 And she is very comical. Just wha the doctor and the Labour Party ordered and lovely to watch whilst having a glass or two on an evening.

[@stevosd60]

Is there anybody underpriced 🤔 What they selling second hand cars?

[@Trebornudd69]

Theo sounds exactly like the Harry Enfield character- Nice but Dim 😅

[@ScruffyTubbles]

I thought that was more Tim Montgomerie and that bald headed Henry Hill bloke who comes on?

[@Calvin23]

Get Liz Truss back, I heard she’s writing a new book titled “10 years to save the Tory Party” 😂😂😂

[@PtolemyJones]

She really seems a better fit for Reform, ideologically. They could pick the greatest leader in the history of government, and not hide the fact that Labour needs to fix the damage done by 14 years of Tory treachery.

[@steveroberts9453]

Labour won't "fix" anything. All they know is stealing other people's money.

[@Under-Shepherd]

Bad enoch, prime candidate??? God help them. And God help us all of a party lead by a clown like Bad enoch ever wins power😮😮😮

[@mikeg739]

Incidentally don’t forget that in her constituency almost twice as many people voted against Badenoch as for her. It’s some “ democracy” that we live in. She’s always stressed that FPTP gives us strong Govt, yet the last 14 years suggests otherwise.

[@pvisit]

They have the BSOD screens due to the Crowdstrike problem too.

[@andrewoliver8930]

Off to Reform. She'll fit in.

[@farhanatashiga3721]

The last time it went to the membership they elect an idiot that lasted less than 50 days

[@markhayward7400]

Suella Braverman has allies? Really?

[@yamadakenji4143]

Only in Israel

[@danielbanbury378]

Not many

[@Yui-ip7cd]

@@markhayward7400 her allies is non other than Rishi Sunak . What about toilets.?

[@genlob]

Tugenhat's probably the least insane. They'll go for Badenoch, though.

[@TimComley]

She’s clever than you

[@genlob]

@@TimComley Lol. At least I know basic grammar. Get your mum to help next time, Tim Dimbutdim.

[@robw1866]

@@genlobWisecracked the man who misspelled Tugendhat.

[@genlob]

@@robw1866 replied the nomark 5 days after the party ended. Not American are you?

[@annishilcock4587]

Seeing as they couldn't orgainse governing the country is it surprising they can't decide about a date? Not that anybody is interested in their plight, so why TimesRadio is giving it so much airtime is tin eared to say the least

[@grahamnewton4381]

The leader is irrelevant at this stage. Either the Tories go back to being what people voted for or they fade away.

[@mervyncharter]

I`m a Labour Supporter but its sad if Kemi Badenoch & Suella Braverman are the only options the tories have. These 2 are the most obnoxious politicians we`ve seen for a long time. I don`t agree with alot of what Nigel Farage says but he`s actually much more likeable than both of them. Tories might eventually have to return to Boris Johnson.

[@yipzoe3865]

Being patriotic and nationalist is not fascist. Why did Rishi Sunak leave the D-day ceremony early? Because he didn't care about British culture, heritage and history at heart. Why did he celebrate the Indian Diwali in the 10 Downing Street with his Indian fellows? Because he cared about the Indian culture and heritage. Why did Humza Haroon Yousaf take the funds from Scotland and donate to the muslims in Gaza secretly? He insulted the white people openly as well. Only indigenous British will be loyal to UK wholeheartedly, it is not racism, it is the matter of loyalty

[@geoffcharlick7427]

Suella should join Reform, she is an asset that should not be wasted.

[@jurz995]

Asset?! Neither are any use. The tories need to rethink if they are to have any chance

[@jonbruford7950]

Asset??? didnt you mean hole?

[@ethanpratt330]

@@geoffcharlick7427 she's as desirable as a blown turbo mate

[@ethanpratt330]

She's as desirable as a flat tyre

[@PassiveAgressive319]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RussTillling]

The Tory party, aka the wets couldn’t argue with labour or pick a leader because they are the same thing. They might as well vote Starmer as their leader!

[@PassiveAgressive319]

God No

[@StevenJackson-re6qm]

The Wets were all sacked in 2019. You’re moaning about the populists, who are different.

[@owencarlstrand1945]

At least Badenoch won’t be leader at the next election. They got through 4 between 1997 and 2010. Haig, IDS, Fowler and Cameron. Since then it has been another 4. Tory party leadership life expectancy is not great averaging just over 3 years each

[@CRINOTH]

Howard, not Fowler

[@owencarlstrand1945]

@@CRINOTH Correct, spell check trouble I suspect. However the general picture remains the same.

[@GBGOLC]

This really doesn’t matter they are so out of touch.

[@pippipster6767]

Ironic … as KB is truly unbearable.

[@mikeg739]

If she gets to be leader we will, in her constituency, see even less of her if that’s possible. Can we have the £2500 a month second home allowance back please

[@GarethMachin-rb2sg]

Bad Enoch can't even get the swear in ceremony right. She is thin skinned over confident abrasive. Just what the tory members want. Unfortunately the electorate are in a very different place. Kemi for leader.

[@pitmatix1457]

The Tory Titanic. Cameron decided to vote on the ships direction rather than taking a safe course. Johnson and his mate Farage convinced everyone to pilot the ship into iceberg filled waters. May couldn't get the crew to change course. Johnson spent all of his time in the dining hall telling everyone he had it under control. Truss told everyone that driving straight into the iceberg would be the best solution. Sunak re-arranged the deckchairs as the ship started to go down. Badenoch as leader? God only knows, she'll probably set fire to the lifeboats to make sure everyone is warm.

[@olatejubucknor9022]

This is so good!

[@abiwk04]

Give them a break they only had 18 months to plan for this.

[@bekelegessesse2601]

I just can't believe their courage. They failed the great nation. Let them go into hiding. We need change for the better.

[@woodenseagull1899]

Suellar is way ahead of any Tory. She is self-assured, intelligent and a good looker...!

[@GPR111]

😂 think you definitely need to visit an optician....

[@steveroberts9453]

Sunak proved that traditional Tories will not vote for another "box-ticking" DEI installed leader.

[@nl5828]

rupert murdoch (through his minions at the times) is clearly looking for his next tory leader to malignantly influence! the day he does not have this hold on british politics is the day that political discourse will start to improve!

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

Maybe Suella is there just to make Kemi look better. Like going to the club and seeing a girl and thinking "ugh" then she says "yeah but have you seen my mate?!"

[@Yui-ip7cd]

@@Matthew-bu7fg Kemi is of cause a much better choice.

[@billywindsock9597]

The next real winner for the Conservative party is still at school. The ghouls at the top of the party at the moment are too intertwined with fourteen years of failure to win anything for the foreseeable future.

[@Jaujau933]

Suella abandoned? What a shame

[@jonbruford7950]

Tory leadership election? does it matter when or who?

[@Abraham-uk4xy]

Good luck Kemi. I found you moderate in the last few years.

[@mikeg739]

As others have said, if Badenoch is the answer we are asking the wrong question. Mind you Braverman is just as bad.

[@specialistcarmarketing]

The problem the Tories have is that no-one believes there rhetoric, they've had years inpower where they talked the talk but didnt foloow through with action. How do you solve such a problem?

[@moonshine9902]

The faces of Kemi and Suella are frighteningly scaring. Just imagine one of them as PM? 😮😮😮😮

[@Yui-ip7cd]

@@moonshine9902 Suella is totally out of the race. Suella can only go back to India.

[@theloniousm4337]

Honestly the first thing I thought when I first saw Kemi Badenoch was she looked like Shrek's black sister.

[@moonshine9902]

@@theloniousm4337 But shrek is the good sibling?

[@c.c.8841]

When Labour voters find out that reform is not about being (the outdated classification) far right. Labour voters will begin to take interest as well.

[@MatthewBelsey]

Such a cuddly bunch aren't they.

[@Michelle_Schu-blacka]

I think we can all agree that the Tories need to make suella the next leader so they'll win the next election and not destroy what's left of the party because she's definitely not odious, toxic and sociopathic.

[@streetwalkerphoto]

Three and a half months to chose s leader…longer than the GE campaign…what a joke

[@peteratkin3788]

Tories hold labour to account, do behave, I love the way you still think the party is still something.

[@Gordon.Pinkerton]

They're gonna struggle to lay a glove on Labour during the honeymoon period, no matter who is leader, so they really might as well take their time and get it right.

[@GeoffV-k1h]

None of the Tory candidates are any use at all. TT is the least dreadful, which is why he won't win.

[@neilleng9188]

Suella Braverman is an absolute babe.!! ❤❤

[@jonathanstewart7838]

Couldn't run the country, can't run a leader election couldn't even run a whelk stall.

[@paulmason329]

She can join the fascists of Reform BNP Ltd No doubt she'll have a photo op with Yaxley Lennon on his Nuremberg style rally Or she could joint Gutter Broadcasting with her colleague Lee 30p Anderson

[@yipzoe3865]

Being patriotic and nationalist is not fascist. Why did Rishi Sunak leave the D-day ceremony early? Because he didn't care about British culture, heritage and history at heart. Why did he celebrate the Indian Diwali in the 10 Downing Street with his Indian fellows? Because he cared about the Indian culture and heritage. Why did Humza Haroon Yousaf take the funds from Scotland and donate to the muslims in Gaza secretly? He insulted the white people openly as well. Only indigenous British will be loyal to UK wholeheartedly, it is not racism, it is the matter of loyalty

[@davidrobertson9271]

Is that the best they’ve got?

[@stantheman1999]

personally I'm a big fan of Badenoch becoming Tory leader, it a sure fire way of ensuring labour will lead the country for the next 20 years, but it will take them that long to sort out the mess the Tories have made

[@ScruffyTubbles]

Yes me too.

[@nickygriffiths605]

This where Theo disappeared too

[@TimComley]

Tories having a break and still the obsessed can’t stop stalking them like the pillock below

[@michaels8638]

Kemi is too young she’s like another William Hage , good when there older cannot win the country when they’re first promoted

[@frankgreen1663]

Torys in disarray 😂😂😂😂😂

[@andrewfisher3035]

The fact there is a worry that there could be a split in the direction of Reform for some of the Conservative MP’s, so in reality far right views, makes their previous attacks on Labour being radical left with Starmer then weeding out those accused an absolute joke.

[@jimschannel2220]

Bad Enoch for leader!

[@EngelsNederfiele]

After how the Hindu wing of the Tories treated Britain's Caribbean community, I wish Kemi Badenoch well, as much as she is a Tory.

[@rustynail1194]

"storms ahead" Oh dear 😂😂😂

[@sgate1792]

Any of them would be great for the Tories, I hope one of them win

[@baktorian5139]

When the video started I thought it had been dubbed really badly

[@markguttridge4972]

olukemi olufunte bad enoch . really are you guys fkin serious . the tory party seems to be the kamikaze party

[@moffattF]

They should stick with Rishi providing he is prepared to be moderate in speaking and ruthless in purging the swivel eyed loons, corrupt practices, and dishonest representations. 😢

[@Rayblondie]

Suella Braverman or Priti Patel are the obvious candidates. They both have a good track record. Tories continue to damage themselves. Kemi Badenoch is unknown to me. Suella and Priti have proved themselves. If they don't consider them then I don't consider tories who cannot even be a good opposition to Labour. What does it matter we now have Reform as real conservatives not those tories who call themselves conservatives.

[@Yui-ip7cd]

Good track records for bringing bad luck to the Party.

[@SimonWallwork]

Are no British MEN available?

[@heliotropezzz333]

Yes, Jenrick and Tugendhat are up for the leadership but Jenrick is no better than he should be (awful man) and Tugendhat is seen as not right wing enough. James Cleverly might win if he stands.

[@estebanpitou7917]

I would not vote for someone because he is male and white, get a grip. Britons do not need more of the usual overhyped average one of us guy.

[@rupertmiller4718]

they're both thick so no early comeback for the tories then.

[@envsf03]

*** News Flash *** Scientists find creatures dead on their back at the bottom of the ocean that are more intelligent than Kemi Badenoch. Also, the proof that snakes have more integrity than Kemi Badenoch.

[@elvishprincess321]

Kemi is a bully & a loud mouth, all talk & no talent, Tom Tugendhat is about the best on offer.

[@paulmason329]

A lot like Nutty Nigel in that case!

[@annaogusini7904]

why choice someone who is toxic like her

[@Tee-bq2po]

Predictions ! Braverman defects to Reform to be a big fish with Nigel

[@TimesFM4532]

When you’re so transphobic your toxic tories

[@Steven_Rowe]

The Tories are dysfunctional even though many are on the same page. I think reform dont want to be tarnished by the Tories and so many way walk away and join reform.

[@Liverpoolboy01]

Both are cackling eff ups !

[@subhankarjha9690]

I don't think anyone besides rishi is ideal for keeping the tories together.

[@ScruffyTubbles]

He seems the most (and very sensible) choice.

[@Yui-ip7cd]

If Rishi is ideal , how come it’s splittered now ?

[@xelakram]

I will never vote Tory again if badenoch or Braverman are leaders of the Conservatives.

[@RichardBrook-kq8dm]

Time Radio indulges in "tittle tattle" masquerading as journalism! Who knew?

[@TooDarnSoulful]

I cannot understand that the Times are wasting so much time on Conservatives navel gazing - enough guys this is not important content ffs !!