Now she’s on firmer ground, she should do a big setpiece mea culpa speech and contrast that against the fact that Starmer and Reeves can’t bring themselves to apologise for anything or admit their mi… (View Post)

The challenge for Badenoch (and Stride) is putting in the hard graft to build a really coherent alternative. Kemi has just shown that, when on form, she can be a brilliant attack dog. She is good at … (View Post)

Badenoch needs to seize the moment and run with it. If she doesn’t, she won’t likely get another chance to really confidently set out her pitch. The budget response seems to have broken through and g… (View Post)

Doubtful based on one speech alone. But Badenoch has finally come out from the long shadow of the last government, IMHO. At least in part. It is time for the Tories to be bold and really try and set … (View Post)

I think she’s just had lots of time to practice. Her speech at conference was good too. I think she gets thrown off course by Starmer, because she just gets waffle and she can’t think on her feet. (View Post)