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The battle for the conservative soul

The battle for the conservative soul

Only Kemi Badenoch has what's required to lead Britain away from the cliff-edge

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Melanie Phillips
Jul 13, 2022
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Kemi Badenoch

In the British Conservative party’s unedifying leadership election, party members will ultimately decide between the last two in the race after the other candidates have been eliminated by Tory MPs.

Encouragingly, a Conservative Home poll suggests that Kemi Badenoch is in second place in party members’ current preferences by a mere ten votes…

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