A change of tack from Kemi Badenoch at PMQs this week. Those expecting the opposition leader to lean in to the two main topics dominating Westminster – the dawn of Trump 2.0, and extremism prevention (after Axel Rudakubana pled guilty to murdering three girls in Southport) – will be disappointed.
Two weeks ago, Badenoch focused hard on the grim subject of grooming gangs and the state failures that contributed to the decades-long scandal. You might have expected a similar performance today, especially as she tweeted earlier in the week that there were “important questions the authorities will need to answer” and called for “a complete account of who in government knew what and when”. Instead, Badenoch used all six of her questions for a takedown of the government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, in committee stage this week.
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