Badenoch Says Tories Won’t Stand in Clacton

Top Tory slams Reform’s ‘unfunded commitments and gimmicks’ after Kemi Badenoch ruled out pact in wake of Makerfield by-election

Sir Mel Stride has hit out at Reform UK, accusing Nigel Farage’s party of “unfunded commitments and gimmicks”.The Shadow Chancellor was speaking to GB News after Tory leader Kemi Badenoch ruled out a pact with Reform in the wake of the Makerfield by-election. Andy Burnham stormed to victory in the Manchester seat, with the Conservatives finishing a distant fourth on two per cent. “The battle for the next Prime Minister won’t involve Kemi Badenoch at this stage. According to the polling, it's going to be a straight race between Andy Burnham and Nigel Farage,” Camilla Tominey said. “No, not at all. Nobody can foresee what's going to happen in three years' time in a general election,” Sir Mel insisted.“Kemi has a very clear direction for our party. It is a very sensible direction. “Unlike reform, we will go out there and spray around all sorts of unfunded commitments and gimmicks left, right and centre.“We have properly and carefully thought through policies that are all funded and will be good for the economy,” the Shadow Chancellor added. Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter

Labour MPs criticise language used by Kemi Badenoch in fractious PMQs

Tory leader reprimanded by speaker for invective against minister and saying Starmer had ‘400 knives in his back’Labour MPs have criticised Kemi Badenoch after a fractious prime minister’s questions on Wednesday, in which she accused the education secretary of being a “spiteful class warrior”.In a rare move, Badenoch was chastised by the speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, in the chamber of the House of Commons after she took the personal swipe at Bridget Phillipson before saying that Keir Starmer had been betrayed and had “400 knives stuck in his back”. Continue reading...

Will the right unite?

Last month I wrote about how talk about electoral pacts would soon appear and today’s Sunday Telegraph has the story above and Mrs Badenoch’s strategy might not survive first contact with reality But many in Mrs Badenoch’s party worry their leader is outwardly pursuing the wrong strategy. One Conservative MP told the Telegraph: “The national interest is served by preventing another Labour majority or a Labour-led hard-Left coalition with the SNP, Greens and Lib Dems, so Conservatives and Reform must... Read More Read More

‘A serious risk ’: Nigel Farage may lose Clacton by-election to Count Binface

​GB News host Patrick Christys says there is a “serious risk” Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage loses to Count Binface in the Clacton by-election. ​All other parties have ruled out contesting the Clacton by-election triggered by the resignation of Mr Farage. “It’s kind of backfired because the only person standing against him now is a man named Count Binface who dresses up as a trash bin,” Mr Christys told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. ​“It’s just Farage versus Binface at the moment. “However, there is a serious risk here at the moment… that the man who is leading the party that’s ahead in the polls and is probably going to be the next prime minister loses to a bloke dressed as a dustbin. ​“This is ludicrous, Nigel Farage. I hope he doesn’t, might lose to a bloke dressed as a bin. “It’s all been ridiculous.”

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