Tag: Badenoch
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Tory Patience Thins as Badenoch Critics Near May Elections
Patience wears thin as May elections approach The mood surrounding the Conservative party has shifted in recent weeks, with mounting pressure ahead of the May elections. At a glossy, speakeasy-style gathering at the Raffles hotel on Whitehall, the Spectator’s parliamentarian of the year awards brought together a cross-section of Tory MPs, donors, and erstwhile loyalists,…
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Starmer presses for government transparency as China spy case witness statements loom
Starmer pushes for transparency as witness statements near publication The political drama surrounding the so‑called China spy case intensified this week as Labour leader Keir Starmer signaled that the government will publish witness statements from the collapsed prosecution. While acknowledging that the released documents may illuminate some details, Starmer warned that they are unlikely to…
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Badenoch’s Tory show, 2025: Britain’s old flame, newly blocked
Britain watches Badenoch’s conference gambit It’s 2025, and Manchester hosts a Conservative party conference that feels more like a wake than a revival. The newspaper headlines captured the mood: a party to the right of itself, a shadow of former electoral discipline, and a leader who has arrived with a mission that looks identical to…
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Badenoch’s 2025 Tory Conference: A Wake for a Party Reaching for a New, Hard-Right Identity
Introduction: A Conference That Feels Like a Goodbye and a Rebrand The 2025 Conservative Party conference in Manchester has the tone of a wake more than a policy summit. With Kemi Badenoch at the helm, the party’s direction is being painted in stark, hard-edged strokes: a pledge to withdraw from the European convention on human…
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Conservatives pledge immigration taskforce modeled on ICE to overhaul borders
Conservatives unveil immigration taskforce inspired by ICE The Conservative Party is set to announce a bold and controversial policy at its annual conference: the creation of an immigration taskforce modeled on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice). Led by party leader Kemi Badenoch, the plan envisions a “removals force” empowered to deport up to…