2024-10-09 23:55:09
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Tory Leadership Contest Narrows to Right-Wing Candidates
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The Guardian
Politics
Tory MPs to choose final two leadership candidates; Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick competing for spot; Iain Duncan Smith endorses Badenoch; Jenrick claims "horse trading" by MPs; James Cleverly likely to be one finalist; Tom Tugendhat eliminated; Rishi Sunak faces Keir Starmer at PMQs; Angela Rayner opens renters' rights bill; Bridget Phillipson takes questions; David Lammy visits Bahrain and Jordan; 1922 Committee chair to announce finalists.
New York Times - World
Who Will Lead Britain’s Conservatives? The Finalists Are a Surprise.
Politics
The Conservative leadership race has two right-wing finalists, Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick, after the surprise elimination of centrist James Cleverly, who had a well-received performance at the party's recent conference. The new leader must rebuild the party, which lost to Labour, the hard-right Reform U.K., and the centrist Liberal Democrats. The leader will be selected by the party's 170,000 dues-paying members, with the result announced on November 2.
The Guardian
Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick will be Tory leader as Cleverly is eliminated
Politics
Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick, the final two Conservative leader candidates, differ on migration, culture war, and institutional reform policies. Badenoch received 42 votes, Jenrick 41, in a stunning turnaround from the previous round. The next leader will be chosen by party members, with the result announced on 2 November.
Al Jazeera
Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick left in race to be UK Conservative leader
Politics
Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick, former ministers, advance to final round of UK Conservative leadership race after James Cleverly's elimination. Jenrick, a hardliner calling for deep immigration cuts and ripping up human rights law, was frontrunner. Badenoch, an outspoken darling of younger lawmakers, positioned as a challenging voice promising "something different" in a broken government system. According to Conservative Home, Badenoch is most popular contender among party membership. The Co..
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