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KEMI ISN'T WORKING by @Will___lloyd Inside the Conservative Party they know it will take more than a reshuffle to solve their problems. Kemi Badenoch struggles in her everyday job as Leader of the Opposition: avoiding the media, doomscrolling on her iPad and disappearing into…

"Punk. Elvis Juice. Hazy Jane. Wingman. Malt Fiction. Crazy Monk." @jimmy__mcintosh: Brewdog Britain is dead newstatesman.com/culture/life/2…
This government is losing the battle of ideas. @steverichards14: Words fail Keir Starmer newstatesman.com/politics/2025/…
Ukraine turns on Volodymyr Zelensky: newstatesman.com/world/europe/u…
"I sense that Starmer believes any display of ideological verve is a route to electoral defeat." @steverichards14: Words fail Keir Starmer newstatesman.com/politics/2025/…
Drink up your Lost Lager – it’s last orders. @jimmy__mcintosh: Brewdog Britain is dead newstatesman.com/culture/life/2…
The paragraph break here is delicious: newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
This is VG. My conspiracy theory re. Kemi is that she was never intended to be PM, they brought her in purely as a one-woman Greek chorus to goad their more powerful opposition. If they actually had a chance in 2024 they'd have picked Jenrick
Read more about Kemi Badenoch’s struggles to turn around the Conservative Party in the @NewStatesman newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
A masterclass in political profile-writing, by my friend @Will___lloyd newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
Thank you @Anoosh_C for mentioning my first book, Tenants, in this brilliant article on the topic of the moment @NewStatesman newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
Will has written a superb piece about Kemi Badenoch which doubles as a charge sheet for the British political establishment
Inside this week’s cover story: 💥 Tories discuss whether or not Badenoch is an “anchor baby” 💥 Badenoch’s alleged Scottish speech aides from Fraser Nelson to Niall Ferguson 💥 Badenoch’s 2022 leadership speech delayed - by a Deliveroo McDonalds breakfast order 💥 Badenoch’s…
This by @Will___lloyd in the @NewStatesman is the most devastating profile of a politician I can remember. You think it's just the cringey story of poor Kemi Badenoch realising she's out of her depth. Then you realise what else is lurking in the water. newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
"The hardcore Maga base elected Trump to reveal the corrupt cabal that was tricking America into decadent decline. He was the captain of their resistance." 🖊️ @freddiejh8: The Epstein conspiracy has unmasked Trump as a faux-populist newstatesman.com/international-…
"Conspiracy theories are not a bite-sized hors d’oeuvre in Maga world; they are the main course." 🖊️ @freddiejh8: The Epstein conspiracy has unmasked Trump as a faux-populist newstatesman.com/international-…
Trump told his Maga base to look the other way. Now it’s looking at him. 🖊️ @freddiejh8: The Epstein conspiracy has unmasked Trump as a faux-populist newstatesman.com/international-…
"The air is thick with invocations of 1976 – the year when the plummeting value of the pound forced Jim Callaghan’s Labour government to accept a £2.3bn bailout from the International Monetary Fund." 🖊️ @georgeeaton newstatesman.com/politics/econo…
"The hardcore Maga base elected Trump to reveal the corrupt cabal that was tricking America into decadent decline. He was the captain of their resistance." 🖊️ @freddiejh8: The Epstein conspiracy has unmasked Trump as a faux-populist newstatesman.com/international-…
Can Rachel Reeves avoid a new fiscal crisis? Even the Chancellor’s supporters fear Britain’s plight could soon get much worse. 🖊️ @georgeeaton newstatesman.com/politics/econo…
Can Rachel Reeves avoid a new fiscal crisis? Why even her supporters fear Britain’s plight could soon get much worse. newstatesman.com/politics/econo…
"Conspiracy theories are not a bite-sized hors d’oeuvre in Maga world; they are the main course." 🖊️ @freddiejh8: The Epstein conspiracy has unmasked Trump as a faux-populist newstatesman.com/international-…
Absolutely bruuuutal stuff here. "Some of those who know her well, including those who once believed that she had something special, think the loss of confidence derives from a realisation that she is out of her depth"
KEMI ISN'T WORKING by @Will___lloyd Inside the Conservative Party they know it will take more than a reshuffle to solve their problems. Kemi Badenoch struggles in her everyday job as Leader of the Opposition: avoiding the media, doomscrolling on her iPad and disappearing into…