Why Badenoch is failing

[@muirislandjim453]

The Tories are slowly discovering that they have confused passion & competence with spitefulness & inadequacy

[@dalecrocker3213]

Labour seem to be discovering something rather similar.

[@joegibbs448]

@@dalecrocker3213 They are both low energy people.

[@lesleylamy]

@@dalecrocker3213no they have to clean up the mess,

[@dalecrocker3213]

@@lesleylamy Then they should be potty trained.

[@JupiterThunder]

@@lesleylamy By causing a recession, destroying farming and plastering the countryside with low-quality new builds to house their army of illegal immigrants.

[@kirstymctear5030]

She rose on the back of culture wars. She has nothing else to offer. A 2D politician (like most in that rump of a party). No depth.

[@chatham43]

@kirsty What do you mean by culture wars? Or just parroting the latest buzzword which means nothing to the working classes.

[@honberg193]

I think you both hit the nail on the head, but from direct directions. The Culture Wars are something the Tory Party picked up some minor irritants in society, who are politcaly aligned to the hard left of socialism. Then made these exaggerated for politcal gain.

[@dianamincher6479]

Not a sliver of compassion and not a modicum of foresight!

[@chatham43]

Based on what minch?

[@user-oo8xp2rf1k]

@@kirstymctear5030 I'm pretty "Anti woke" as they say. But I agree that a casualty of this argument woke Vs non woke is that we don't focus on other political issues that might impact for generations - environment, health , economy and many other things that we all have a shared stake in, whatever our intersectional relationships. I'm not taking sides in this post. I'm saying the debate around culture has a cost.

[@ritchardwilliams3874]

She is as incapable as Truss was incompetent.

[@johnheaton5058]

Very true...

[@Mitjitsu]

Truss did have vision even if she went about it in an incompetent manner. Can't say the same for Kemi.

[@SJ44-tu8ow]

Globalists ousted Truss.

[@chatham43]

@Johnheaton Sure you do. And it beats thinking for yourself.

[@barryboom717]

​@@chatham43 What's your analysis of Kemi's continued lackluster performances at PMQs?

[@garykelly6669]

I think Kemi believes Shes so much clever than all of us, but Shes soooo wrong, bigotry and arrogance are a dangerous combination and She possess both by the bucket load. Chris Philp appears to be her PR manager and is utterly incompetent and the rest of her team seem to be total failures. I'm hoping that Kemi's arrogance and that of her MPs means She'll stay as leader of the opposition up until the nrxt General election. Im a Green Party supporter and hope that her hate towards " woke culture ", her denial of Climate change and the fact that her Government allowed Private water companies to dump raw sewage into our rivers will result in the Green Party gaining more safe Tory seats just like they did in Waveney Valley and North Herefordshire.

[@mikesmith5389]

Are you a member of the Flat Earth Society too?

[@turntheblueiris4626]

@@mikesmith5389 That's quite a charge!

[@garykelly6669]

@mikesmith5389 I'm not and I don't want to join but thanks for your kind offer hopefully one day you'll emerge fron your world of denial.

[@chatham43]

My goodness gary. You ticked all the right boxes there. But what do you really think?😊

[@garykelly6669]

@chatham43 What I really think there's too many liars and charlatans in Politics who are only in it for themselves, Baddenoch,Farrage, Johnson and yes Starmer too. I wouldn't trust any of them. I think a lot of people don't either which is why we had a turnout of under 60% at the last election and only 35% of that number voted Labour , that's hardly a ringing endorsement of our democratic process when so many people feel disenfranchised, What's your opinion?

[@chieftandriver703]

She is my local MP (although she lives in South London) I have met her once. I thought it was a charity worker knocking on my door and only realised my terrible mistake when I saw lots of fresh faced Tory drones staring at me. As I began a tirade of my feelings about the Tories and their dreadful record of failure they ushered her away. It’s funny how the big brains of the various political parties somehow think the public are in the mood for their inadequacy. Apparently she is very clever. I would seriously question that. Plus, she is the very thing that has destroyed this country. A foreigner born here as a medical tourist who then got 5 years of free education at Oxford courtesy of my taxes.

[@mrgrumpy771]

well said. not someone to vote for

[@sallywilton2236]

@@chieftandriver703 yes. There’s often leeway given by universities for minorities. It’s not a level playing field. Look at David Lammy. He’s a barrister but had the worst results in history on mastermind. How was that ? My husband went to Oxford in the 60s and he can answer everything on mastermind.

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

When did she go to Oxford? I thought she went to Sussex and then did law at Birkbeck.

[@PeterPete]

Slight touch of envy there?

[@sallywilton2236]

@PeterPete you’re kidding???? Envious of what?

[@stevendurrant1724]

I don’t think she’s lazy as much as vastly over estimating her intelligence, relying on clunky advice, out of her depth and probably too young and inexperienced.

[@starmersbarber]

Aye. I just don't think she's got it Steven. I agree with your post...but I still believe she'll move naturally from being a fairly young right wing ghoul to being an older even more right wing ghoul. I don't think she'll learn anything over time. Just look at how blind Truss has been since her 49 days in the limelight! When you mention 'intelligence' in the same breath as Badenoch, it makes me less sure about what intelligence really is!

[@linking-it]

what about her peers who voted her in !!, What would you say about them, To old/young ....

[@starmersbarber]

@@linking-it As the Prof is suggesting, I reckon they are now scraping the barrel and have nobody left capable of being a proper opposition. All the more palatable more centrist Tories have either been squeezed out or totally marginalised, leaving the likes of Badenoch to fall upwards. The Tories are totally bringing this all on themselves....but the UK needs a more centrist opposition to keep the Labour government on their toes. As things stand, both the current Tories and Reform are totally disastrous for the UK other than a tiny minority of greedy b'stards.

[@johnmoore9862]

She wants to deny the rights & privileges she had for others. it’s the politics of spite.

[@chatham43]

And you didn't get those rights and priviliges. Hey get over it Johnny boy!!😊😊

[@jonathanperry4189]

I'm struck by the teenager like outbursts and this was Gove's choice for leader, hence the spectator interview (where Gove is editor) When you pick a fight with a sandwich....... She's zero relatability

[@AmandaJAart]

You've hit the nail on the head. I can just imagine her being on Room 101 and declaring she wants to put 'sandwiches' in the room. I can't think of many people (other those with food related health issues) who would cheer that one on. Then when she goes on to say, 'Lunch is for wimps', even they would be like, 'WTF!'

[@chatham43]

@Jonathan Not really. You're better than that middle class boy.!😊

[@dianamincher6479]

No communication with humanity?

[@chatham43]

@dianne Depends how you measure yours.

[@thecheesefactor]

A sandwich in every pot...

[@TrevorBarre]

She is also arrogant and self-satisfied, which underlie and reinforce all the other problems.

[@gordonmackenzie4512]

The Tory party talent puddle is so shallow and muddy, there is little choice.

[@johnregan2443]

Compared to Labour - no idea !

[@Cantthinkofaname-q7y]

Too confident when the public don’t know her that well, she comes across as argumentative and rude

[@dianamincher6479]

The Nigerian has not a sliver of remorse and not a modicum of compassion-she takes no prisoners and she never forgives!

[@simoningate2056]

The slow demise of the Tories is a pleasure to observe, they have brought it on themselves - ever since David Cameron thought he would be a good PM (wasn't), May (Brexit means bugger all as in we are all buggered), Boris (incompetent liar and possibly criminal), Truss (mental, stupid beyond compare), Sunak (one of the little beasts makes good, proves to be a foolish little tech dude), Badenoch (the final nail in the Tory coffin). The smell of Toast is overwhelming.

[@lestrem11]

The Tories are already ahead of Labour in the polls , child, read them and weep. An opportunity wasted. Tragic.

[@thecheesefactor]

@@lestrem11 You lost. Get over it. Next election 2029.

[@lestrem11]

@@thecheesefactor You will be in fourth place by then, child. I4 years of ‘planning’, wasted. Tragic.

[@starmersbarber]

It's more simple than laziness Prof. She's just not good enough to be anywhere near public office in life. She is totally incompetent, not just her advisors. Yet she's probably surrounded by people who are telling her she's brilliant. It's Truss all over again and it's tragic. It's amazing how such talentless fools can so often fall upwards in life. It's just not right. It doesn't reflect well on current society and its values.

[@johnheaton5058]

Yep, as you say, Truss 2.0 - totally lacking in intellect.

[@2frogland]

jesus youve some gall considering the shower of shit this labour govt is

[@SJ44-tu8ow]

If Truss is a talentless fool, what is your take on the Labour front bench?

[@starmersbarber]

@@SJ44-tu8ow The Labour government are at least not hopelessly incompetent. I am not a Labour person by the way, but thank goodness the Tories are no longer in place. Good luck to you if you think Truss has any competence after she and the equally witless Kwarteng so criminally caused so much damage to so many peope's financial lives. Maybe that doesn't apply to you, but many many others haven't been so lucky.

[@SJ44-tu8ow]

@@starmersbarber The B of E's handling of the LDI fund was the cause of the market turmoil that finished Truss.

[@Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs.]

She's set herself up as a right-wing culture warrior, and that's about all. Trouble with that is Labour have been running that clip of her thanking the then-PM for loosening visa restrictions at her request, and the Reform supporting KZbinrs have been pointing out she's a Nigerian who gained a British passport at 16 due to a now-closed immigration loophole. And neither of those things can be denied, they are both quite true. It means she has no real credibility.

[@joegibbs448]

In truth the leader of the opposition and her party in general cannot offer up any critique of the Labour government. Being that her party had 14years to do the things that she now blames labour for will not fly with the public. The party has to stop pretending about who it serves, because they cared little about the averave person. 14 years in power shows who they are in hock to.

[@andrewfrancis3591]

This is the reason the Conservative party must restructure to become an effective opposition. They became a party of protest in office and appear to be continuing.

[@Robutube1]

Exactly right. The pigeons are coming home to roost.

[@chatham43]

@joe Replacing in truth with in my opinion would remove the arrogant nature, of your comment. Take note.😊

[@Themanwithnoname386]

So...for leftys. Why complain so much about her?

[@andrewfrancis3591]

@@Themanwithnoname386 Parliament requires opposition.

[@DavidCarrol-i2q]

Her remarks regarding a sandwich not being real food is not only inaccurate but deeply crass. At a time when there is so much food insecurity and a falling standard of living, it so pathetic but entirely representative of her true character.

[@chatham43]

Tortuous extrapolation to illustrate your long established anti tory agenda. Must try harder!😊

[@davefish8107]

Food snob . I would like to know what’s on the free menu in the Houses of Parliament

[@garygavin857]

Badenock was chosen as an opposition leader for a reason. No power no money. If it looked like the Tories had a chance there would have been a rush off candidates. Her amnesia about the last 16 years is holding up well. The Tories are well & truly sunk. Even with a record low support for Labour they are struggling. No one wants them.

[@firestar7774]

Their little star is slowly losing its twinkle! Serves them all right!

[@dianamincher6479]

The big buffaloes are closing in?

[@jbenn43457]

Typical of a bully, she doesn't understand how to challenge anyone who isn't scared of her.

[@Oceanvanguard58]

Starmer's terrified. As for 'bullying', the only respect I ever had for Gordon Brown was when he was accused of 'bullying'. We need more people who are prepared to tell people in no uncertain terms what their job is and what is expected of them. Too often, these days, that's counted as bullying.

[@harveybrown37]

Bwuahahaha

[@jbenn43457]

@@Oceanvanguard58 No, he’s not the least bit frightened of her. Nobody should be. She hides behind a defence of “easily offended “.. I’m happy to offend her, she’s got no skills, no memory, no manners and no teeth. Doing no one any favours except Farage.

[@philipdouglas5911]

@@Oceanvanguard58 Is he? How come he manages to put her down each week.

[@keithhiggins3056]

What does it matter, Question Time is a waste of time, no Party answers any questions with any truth or clarity.

[@Commonsense-u1h]

Exactly, nobody watches it, I can´t imagine that Question time swings more than a few votes.

[@Nigel-fy5jg]

Especially the leader of the Labour party. Has he yet answered a question put to him?

[@martinCraig-vf7jg]

Or any leader of the con party

[@martinCraig-vf7jg]

When did unelected Sunak ever answer a question that he was asked?

[@iancraig6070]

You wouldn't think it possible but Badenoch is as incompetent as the dire Liz Truss.

[@chatham43]

@ian Could you elaborate. Which means could you provide some detail. Which means could you put some flesh on the bones of your threadbare comment. Cheers!😊

[@chatham43]

@ian Please elaborate Ian. Make an effort!

[@SJ44-tu8ow]

I thought it had been established that Truss was ousted because the globalists wanted Rishi. Reeves's budget is a nation destroyer.

[@harveybrown37]

​@@chatham43Desperate trolling

[@thecheesefactor]

Both Truss and Badenoch were extremely popular with the party members. There are few new ideas, and those that are there are bad.

[@DonaldFraser-c9v]

Kemi-kazi Badenough is showing that she is completely out of her depth now she's the party leader. She still shows the total arrogance, ignorance and her obnoxious attitude now she is party leader. How long before her fellow tory MPs decide that it is time for her to go ??

[@chatham43]

Don't over-egg it otherwise it will cast doubt on the veracity of your comment. Take note Donald!😊

[@dianamincher6479]

The fellow Tory MPs are taking time to wake up from their hypoxic sleep in oblivion!

[@schrodingerscat1863]

I actually think it's more a lack of sincerity, all comes across as rather forced. Goes to show that there is a big difference to campaigning for the party leader job and actually carrying it out.

[@johnregan2443]

And as Labour are finding our - good at sticking the boot in until on the receiving and as Government. And making a complete mess of it.

[@russellbaston974]

Massive arrogance unsupported by adequate intelligence, wit and diligence.

[@johnregan2443]

Starmer Rayner?

[@toadman5184]

The Tories are toast, no point having conservatives that want open borders, high tax, welfare lifestyles. Reform or nothing.

[@columbus7950]

Reform are devoid of coherent policies.

[@dannymullins4356]

You'll go back to voting Tory, and then they'll mess up because Kemi has all the idiocy and buffoonery of Truss and Kwartang combined and we have permanent Green and Labour rule for a decade.

[@clarecollins2547]

@@toadman5184 come on then explain what they would do? Theyve only got 5 MPs and each one acts as an individual- theres no cohesion whatsoever. Did you know frogs and toads hate each other and cannot live together!

[@nichotto]

@@clarecollins2547 Reform, the Frankenstein love child of xenophobia and economic hubris.

[@nichotto]

@@toadman5184 I’ll say/type this slowly. We need immigration ! We are an ageing population. It’s either immigration, or higher taxation to make up for lower numbers of employed tax paying workers to support the pensioners. Or maybe you want to bring back workhouses to home all those idle old folks ?

[@andrewfrancis3591]

A sandwich short of a lunch pack.

[@chatham43]

@andrew Oh dear. Is that your best. Show some imagination!

[@keithhardy8513]

"Lunch is for wimps" Bademoch = Gordon Gecko Mk 2 ! 😂😂😂😂

[@andrewfrancis3591]

@@keithhardy8513 Nice one

[@andrewfrancis3591]

@@chatham43 That's about it. Try not to trip over your ego. You tube is for us commoners as well.

[@chatham43]

@andrew That include the middle classes too?

[@shawngrinter2747]

If this is the best the Tories have - good, they will consign themselves to the back benches for longer so their vindictive, divisive and hateful policies will never gain traction.

[@clivet3252]

You're getting them confused with Labour.

[@harveybrown37]

​@@clivet3252Absolute Twaddle. He's quite right.

[@mickg7299]

Kemi is an interim leader soon to be replaced by another interim leader.

[@chatham43]

It's mystic mick!😊😂😂

[@mickg7299]

@ There’s nothing mystical about the blindingly obvious.

[@danielh4032]

Probably Farage

[@chatham43]

@mick So you can see into the future. Wow! So how many more pensioners will freeze this winter.. Or is that not so "obvious" to you ?😊

[@mickg7299]

@@chatham43 Trying to change the topic ain’t gonna work 🤫

[@johnrussell3961]

She csnt see anything wrong with the last 14 years, including Brexit.,

[@lesigh1749]

The only thing wrong with Brexit is that it was delivered only in name.

[@lr6633]

Or herself

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Brexit is just moving power from the EU Superstate to Westminster. You still have to VOTE in a positive government

[@johnrussell3961]

@@evolassunglasses4673 .so nothing to do with losing trade? Are you John Redmond?,

[@chatham43]

And the lockdown. With you there!

[@KevTheImpaler]

I am reading a book about Margaret Thatcher. Whether you liked her or hated her, she was a woman who did her homework. Come to the dispatch box unprepared and she'd hand your head back to you on a platter.

[@RJLH942]

Hope you’re healthy and well Professor 😊

[@stevenhoward3358]

They do seem to have fought themselves to a standstill. The bullies have booted out all the boffins and are now in a cowardly standoff, each too afraid of the others, none capable of leading and all unwilling to be led.

[@josefschiltz2192]

A presupposed superiority born of arrogance and an arrogance born of presupposed superiority.

[@chatham43]

But you voted him in. No blood on my hands!

[@josefschiltz2192]

@@chatham43 You are presupposing you know my vote? How interesting.

[@chatham43]

@josef Interesting you don't deny it. We forgive you.😊

[@josefschiltz2192]

@@chatham43 What makes you think I want your forgiveness for abstaining? Try not to be such a complete prat.

[@glennaustin37]

She's a Tory 😂

[@honberg193]

I don't consider Kemi a Tory but a reactionist what she sees and hears on social media, which is mainly coming from the USA. Unfortunately their are some on the left who hate others on the left feeding her both misinformation, who will temporarily support her to support their ideology.

[@runlarryrun77]

She's a political infant raised well beyond her ability or experience. The membership needed to elect a grown up, or even better - a fully fledged adult to be their leader.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

She's worse than Starmer. Definitely worse than Sunak. She is as bad as I expected her to be.

[@TheSupaman98]

In what way is that even true?

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

@@TheSupaman98 she's worse at being leader of the opposition than Sunak and Starmer were/are as Prime Minister. And Prime Minister is a much harder job.

[@paultaylor7082]

@@TheSupaman98 Sandwiches. Anybody thinking most Britons eat sandwiches for breakfast illustrates they're completely out of touch. Go to any Greggs around 9 am and again at 12 noon, for confirmation of British eating habits. When you can't get something as basic as that, you really are shown to be completely out of touch. She's made herself look even more ridiculous than Ed Miliband and his bacon sandwich.

[@SJ44-tu8ow]

She's not responsible for death of a political prisoner or the cover up of a terryist attack so I wouldn't place her behind Starmer.

[@chatham43]

@thesupaman We don't want truth here. Just rhetoric!😊

[@John_259]

An extreme right wing party with an incompetent leader is far less frightening than one with a competent leader, so I hope Badenoch remains Tory leader for a very long time.

[@jeffsimon9594]

You need to reread 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf'

[@chatham43]

Is there anything you wouldn't say for a few paltry likes here..What a sad state of affairs. I hope you finally get your life back.

[@richardlongmuir8348]

Think it’s just opening the door for Nigel💪

[@harveybrown37]

​@@chatham43Trolling again?

[@davepx1]

It bemuses me that pundits were talking about her intelligence and ability when she's never been more than a flaky loudmouth. She was marginally preferable to the unprincipled farageoid Jenrick, but that's about as low as bars come. In fairness, Tories didn't have much of a talent pool to choose from, but that was their fault for governing so badly as they shovelled public funds into the maws of their fat-cat cronies. She'll never learn from her mistakes: she hasn't the depth or the humility, it's the familiar Johnson/Truss arrogance with nothing of substance to back it up. She'll probably implode in a few months out of outrage at anyone disagreeing with her. Truly hopeless.

[@joanormrod4893]

And yet the express and mail continuously declare she is brilliant.

[@1inchPunchBowl]

& their readership continues to shrink.

[@EbenBransome]

I guess that compared to their proprietors she is.

[@davidhoyle6626]

Their readers.

[@chatham43]

@joan How do you know. That what your tory mates tell you?

[@davidtracey5471]

You can sum her up with three words. Dunning Kruger effect.

[@SJ44-tu8ow]

Labour is having the Freddy Krueger effect.

[@Mitjitsu]

If they're going to get rid of her. They would need to wait at least 3 years, but it won't matter anyway, because whoever comes in won't be much better.

[@boxingday11]

Bad Enoch, the gift that keeps on giving.😉

[@VButterworth]

Kemi Badenoch was my Mother's MP until she moved to Wiltshire. When my Mother contacted her MP for help, Badenoch refused. It was because of that that my Mother voted Lib Dem. Badenoch has never helped any of her constituents, because she is an arrogant, lazy, MP. She is equally arrogant and equally stupid as leader of the opposition. That woman could pick a fight in an empty room, and STILL be wrong. Starmer should be have to declare her as a gift.

[@brownowl70]

The Tories don't seem to learn from their mistakes. A deluded church of individualism.

[@markhodson4763]

I can see both Labour and the Tories getting hammered in the local elections coming in May 2025

[@ScruffyTubbles]

Yes. Reform are going to clean up.

[@colinthompson3111]

One of the problems pointed out to Conservatives during the leadership contest was that all of the MPs have the same Boris baggage. The public rejected that government and Kemi Badenoch simply represents bad comedy every Wednesday. They should have had an outside leader voted in after the election loss.

[@thecheesefactor]

The way I see it, they fell on the sword of austerity. Austerity didn't work. Dissatisfaction was deflected to the EU, triggering Brexit. Then that mirage became apparent to the electorate as well.

[@mettie1982]

She's just a seat warmer until they can buy Farage or one of his cronies. The worrying part is they are going to feel that they need to go further to the right - a lot of people seem to have blanked out the last 14 years and have fallen for the bs that everything wrong in the world is Starmer's fault. If you get people angry you can manipulate them easier

[@thecheesefactor]

Labour should look at media reform. The last thing the UK needs is more right wing lunacy.

[@himarkburdett9378]

Tory and reform the same one trick pony 🐴

[@blackbearish]

two cheeks of the same arse on that pony.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Immigration is destroying the West. It's just capitalism importing an over supply of labour in, which is a race to the bottom particularly for the working class. Capitalism will never invest in training, robotics or increase pay and conditions if it can just fly in labour. Back in the day the Left understood this, even Bernie Sanders was anti immigration. GDP per cap/ head is DOWN over this high immigration period

[@petermcfarlane6749]

I don't know about anyone else, but I've not heard or seen anyone who thinks that Badenoch is doing a good job. I agree with everything said in the video. She's an appalling mediocrity and is making it easy for the heinous Reform UK to garner support.

[@callumturkington5856]

Musical chairs for the Tory leadership yet again. I give her 6 months but who next to drink from the poison chalice? Truss was a lettuce, she is a turnip.

[@sallywilton2236]

I went to look at that video of PMQs. What appalling questions. Assad was ousted this week. No questions about that world changing event and the repercussions that will ensue. Why can’t she be topical?? She’s clearly not leadership material.

[@chatham43]

@sally Nobody cares about foreign affairs. We have enough problems here. And Labour haven't helped!

[@sallywilton2236]

@@chatham43 I care about foreign affairs. If governments cared more we wouldn’t have the immigration problems.

[@chatham43]

@sally Precipitated by our constant interference in foreign affairs. Leave well alone!

[@sallywilton2236]

@ what a totally idiotic comment. Go learn instead of shouting stupid things on KZbin

[@mpersad]

Regrettably, I agree. What a shower the Tories are, and have been, for years. This poor country of ours deserves so much better, but when I look at all the main parties, including Reform UK, they all seem bereft of talent. It's all very depressing. Great analysis, as always. You have a new subscriber.

[@normasarsby1350]

She really thought standing at the dispatch box giving sound bites and telling porkies was going to work. I was no fan of Mrs T , but she would have been embarrassed this woman. Mrs T had style which cannot be replicated regardless of whether or not you agree with her.

[@marksimons8861]

She'll be on the way out by Xmas 2025. By then, Farage may well be leader of the opposition, heaven help us!

[@marksimons8861]

Of course, Brexit was a catastrophe from which the Tories can never recover. Tories were a remain party with some leavers on the grounds of sovereignty. When Brits voted leave, the Tories accepted this decision, and thereby became a party which had renounced any pretence of leadership, all the while pretending there would be economic benefits.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

​@@marksimons8861Brexit is just moving power from the EU Superstate. You still have to VOTE in a positive government

[@Chris-f7s2y]

Prof, I think laziness can be mistaken for stupidity. Here’s why. Stupid people often cannot see that some things they have to do in their job require preparation. Stupid people often ignore advice too. I’m sure KB has advisors but I’m equally sure she ignores them.

[@Allinfootball-y4b]

Kemi has expressed herself unapologetically and rightly.

[@theglobelanguages]

Never been a Tory, probably never will be... but Badenoch's problem is lack of experience and wisdom arising from that. Should have been leader in about 10 years. She has a lot of promise, but she doesn't know what she doesn't know and will never accept that.

[@kenhorlor5674]

Kemi Badenoch is performing admirably. In a recent poll (4 December, FindOutNow) the Tories were the most popular party in the UK. Her speeches are factual, incisive and telling in their impact. Right now, she's the best debater in the Commons. Badenoch is dismantling Starmer and yet for some peculiar reason, you refuse to admit it.

[@harveybrown37]

Bwuahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@robw1866]

Absolutely right. She is a true Conservative and as such the more histrionic the condemnation of her by her detractors.

[@esther613]

Well said Ken👍 Prof is most likely a reform and the other bit

[@kenhorlor5674]

@@robw1866 👍

[@kenhorlor5674]

@@esther613 Thanks, I thought it worth the effort to reply as he's well wide of the mark IMO.

[@Michael-r2c8k]

Why should we believe a word she says? She was a member of the last Tory government and now she says they did it wrong. She kept quiet then, now just a load of hot air. I intend to vote regain

[@stephfoxwell4620]

Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch,nee Adegoke.

[@FredScuttle456]

A descendant of the McAdegoke clan of the Shetland Isles.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

@FredScuttle456 They like to be just called Shetland. Not the Shetland Islands. Shetlanders tend to be ethnically Norwegian. Not Scots.

[@FredScuttle456]

@@stephfoxwell4620 So Shetlanders aren't b14 ck ? I'm sure I saw otherwise on the BBC...

[@sallywilton2236]

@@stephfoxwell4620thank you. I do love a pedant

[@stephfoxwell4620]

@@sallywilton2236 I went to a wedding there 22 years ago. Scottishness was banned. No kilts, no bagpipes etc. And they insist it is Shetland like England.

[@philvincent5660]

Top content, Prof. a very good summary of Badenoch, but we all Knew this. Very eloquently disassembled.

[@JT-si6bl]

I’m glad you’re able to articulate your thoughts about her and her representation as a Tory. I’m perplexed by how she is so willing to call out virtue signalling and other forms of bias. Let’s face it, she’s boiled in her own juice, but she’s just a distraction from the exit to the neonazi party… which she’ll do to.

[@chatham43]

Posted with a straight face too. Impressive.

[@harveybrown37]

​@@chatham43No. You are dull as ditchwater

[@davidmcvey7091]

Kemi is just not a very nice person. Arrogance is an obstacle to preparation and guile.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Reform will clean up.

[@jeffsimon9594]

Fingers crossed

[@Joeblogs999]

The streets?

[@alana8863]

Never seen hatred and anger as cleaning materials.

[@DavoInMelbourne]

By ‘clean up,’ you mean sell off what’s left of the family silver, the stuff nailed down that the Tories didn’t manage to sell? Yep, probably.

[@hotdognights1]

They haven't even got a policy for cleaning up.

[@chriswright3179]

It's in the name, innit. It seems to me that Tory MPs and members are unable to elect a leader who will lead them out of the wilderness. Doesn't bode well for the Party. Not sure whether it bodes well for the country.

[@TheVicar]

I wish they'd put Priti Patel into the seat, so we could watch her fail as well

[@alana8863]

It'll be Patel's turn soon.

[@peterjohnson1091]

The sandwich is a great British invention. Having a cheese and pickle sandwich is an act of patriotism.

[@PassiveAgressive319]

There is more to being a leader than screaming about immigration and wokeness every minute

[@cobbler40]

Badenoch is a proud culture warrior. Does she really not Understand the future of the Tory party ? Or has she got a deal with Farage already ?

[@katarvitz4850]

This is a woman so inept that ashe started a fight with David Tennant, botched it, dragged it out, and handled it so badly she started an entirely new fight with Sylvester McCoy. She reeks of something I've seen too often with Tories - They never face the results of their mistakes, never face failure they can't just brush off, and never learn to work up from a disadvantaged position. It's the same damn thing we saw with Sunak, Truss, and so many others.

[@chatham43]

@katar You mean the trillions spent on Lockdown You have a point there!

[@wulla2]

I dealt with Badenoch when she was a member of the London Assembly a few years ago. She was hopeless then - unfocused, lazy and unable to listen. She spoke mindless platitudes as a substitute for engaging effectively with the real issues. She doesn’t seem to have improved: simply sounding angry is no way to convince people when your party is in such dire trouble.

[@Joeblogs999]

Under what capacity are we to believe you 'dealt with her'?

[@chatham43]

He made it up. He's always doing it here. Still it fills his empty life.😊😊

[@ScruffyTubbles]

She strikes me as being 'flitty' Flitting off on to the next career progression asap. That's why she never bothered to get proper Professional Exams - though she would have failed any that are worth their credit (Medicine, Law, Accountancy, Engineering - with no hierarchy there).

[@SC-g2b]

Conservatives are like a broken record.

[@chatham43]

In what way?

[@JohnnyinMN]

Your example of ‘laziness’ is a good start. I’d simply say it was ‘stupidity.’ She’s a great example of why your political system must be rebuilt.

[@JonfitzFitzjohn-k6s]

Basically the Excuse for a Conservative Party is Finished and the Excuse for a Party of the Working Class is also Finished

[@CoolheadsPrevail]

Such are the depths of the Tory talent puddle. The rot set in when the clown expelled everyone who dared argue with him.

[@desperatefortuneproduction3296]

Yep. Kemi's Badenough!

[@Ceasars-Ghost]

The Tories arguing immigration control at a new government after 14 years of Tory catastrophic failure of the same is simply humiliating. She is being poorly advised. But worse than that, what does it all say about her. The Conservative Party is deceased. And I mean that literally.

[@Ceasars-Ghost]

Margaret will be turning in her grave.

[@Tia-Louisa]

Badenoch should be on daytime TV's, ''Loose Women'. Not fit for Parliament!

[@BrokenHill56]

The woman is a fool. But to be fair, the choice was awful given the quality of Tory MPs

[@nlbm]

Laziness is a lazy stereotype. And I agree she’s not doing good.

[@KevTheImpaler]

Interestingly, I have just read an article in The Critic attacking Kemi Badenoch. The Critic is a very conservative magazine. They said Badenoch was lazy, an identitarian, who sounds off about wokery but passed woke measures while in government.

[@willieckaslike]

When one scrapes the bottom of the barrel, one gets only the rubbish ! The quality of British politics is at an all time low. But, if the likes of Reform UK gain power, it will sink even lower. IMHO the last honest PM was Harold MACMILLAN, and the last honest MP was Denis SKINNER. Who in all his years, NEVER forgot those he represented. In most cases putting them way before Party. For which he paid the price. Labelled as "the Beast of Bolsover" when he voted against party policies in the interests of his electorate. And finally losing his seat because of a very fickle public unable to see they were being "conned" !

[@Soccerates]

My take on Kemi Badenoch - She has had no pushback pretty much ever in her life. She's intelligent enough to get by in her life, and she's insightful enough to manage to navigate her way to where she is. However, she has lived in a bubble where everyone tells her how great and talented she is, and nobody actually challenges her. I feel she believes she is right, doing a great job, and is winning the exchanges at PMQ's. She's blissfully ignorant of how she is embarrassing herself and the party. She's not going to change and if she does survive to the next general election, it'll probably see the Green Party, Reform Uk and the Liberal Democrats, along with the SNP, gaining seats and reducing the Conservative Party to a footnote in history.

[@TonyLinden51]

What is it with the Tories? For 44 years they have picked rediculous leaders. Yet they have (use to) a massive mambership. And all they can come up with Johnson and Badenoch.

[@burrenmagic]

The reality is she is not interested in integrity - she's interested in appearing to be some extraordinary new force in politics.

[@burrenmagic]

and failing extraordinarily!

[@henryblunt8503]

A bigger question is whether if there were a suitable leader the party members would chose that leader, rather than a weaker but more right wing alternative. I can't see it tbh.

[@valhaynes858]

I thought she would be a breath of fresh air at the despatch box. She has handed open goals to Starmer and it’s obvious she is just same old same old. Vote Reform and watch Nigel destroy them with the truth.

[@lolwalters2936]

Aside from individual personality traits.. I think all politicians are equally cursed.. mostly because they don't really have any vision or desire to address difficult problems. They all preach about how they make the difficult decisions but more frequently duck them... politicians have long memories but short horizons. Your recent volg on housing is quite a good example of the problems we face... we need housing urgently, but no one in any part of the country want large scale housing built next to them. And to counter my own comment, in this specific instance, the Labour government decision to impose will is the only response.. despite short or longer term unpopularity.

[@lolly9080]

They chose the wrong leader I agree she’s being unwrapped for who she is and as for the steak and sandwich out of touch

[@BillSilver-kg8hs]

Gone in 6 months. While Jenrick just sits and waits.

[@michaelpeirce8592]

If Badernoch does not change, then not only will she embarrass herself, but it will also embarrass the conservative party

[@chatham43]

Change what Einstein?

[@harveybrown37]

​@@chatham43Brains.

[@alfching2499]

The Tories want to realise they are finished for good

[@2frogland]

she was in favour of mass migration both labour and tories are finished

[@Cherrytune386]

Half right, The Cons are finished.

[@2frogland]

@@Cherrytune386 so are labour, never seen a govt so hated and incompetent so quick

[@harveybrown37]

​@@2froglandAbsolute Twaddle. Truss 's Government had collapsed by now. Do you follow Politics at all?

[@Weastiid]

She's NOT failing.

[@esther613]

Exactly, her skin colour is not just the tight shade for these people

[@edpaul1434]

Making Starmer look like a statesman 😳 is, well, a sort of achievement.

[@HalfDomeIndustries]

They need to abandon the ideological ghost of Thatcher. Its a dead end.

[@thecheesefactor]

Trickle down economics failed. Cameron and Osborne tried to reboot it with Austerity and that failed too.

[@sbarnes7240]

I thought she did better this week, she's better when more aggressive and on the front foot, makes Starmer look like the limited passionless robot which he is.

[@chatham43]

And that's on a good day!

[@harrylyme2913]

She is totally a culture warrior, nothing else beyond that. Like Truss a product of "you can be whatever you desire" upper class education/training even if you are totally useless at it. Starmer who is pretty useless at defending his own policies is lazily running rings around her. Hunt failed in his attempt to destroy the NHS and left Britain unprepared for covid. Jenrick while not dumb enough to start an argument about a sandwich would probably sell out the country for one such is his record for accepting bribes, sorry donations. The Farage takeover is moving ever closer.

[@esther613]

Point of correction, Kemi is not failing. Just be truthful for once to yourself and say you do not like her. The reasons you do not like her is best left to you.

[@philipmarsh2172]

Laziness? But she works so hard she doesn’t have time for lunch!

[@andrewjohnson5365]

I find myself in concurrence with you sir it certainly appears to be a lazy approach she has taken as leader of the opposition.

[@johnnymism]

They are in the position as the Labour party were post 1979, just lost power,tired and internally confused.