Supporters offer advice to get the favourite over the line, gambling she can unite the party and restore Tory fortunes
Conservative leadership contender Kemi Badenoch during last week’s GB News debate. Some senior colleagues have advised her to tone down her approach.Conservative leadership contender Kemi Badenoch during last week’s GB News debate. Some senior colleagues have advised her to tone down her approach.
However, Tory MPs backing Badenoch revealed they had been urging her to curb her confrontational style for the duration of the contest to ensure she gets over the line. Badenoch is known to be uncompromising in her views and demands, having alreadythat some civil servants perform so badly they should be in prison. One senior MP backing Badenoch said they had urged her to tone down her approach to ensure she secures the post, in order to convince party members to take a risk and back her.
While some MPs remain alienated from the race, believing both candidates are too far to the right to forge a successful appeal to voters as a whole, some have opted to back Badenoch because they believe the party will need to make waves if it is to make an impression in opposition.
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