Will Reform supplant the Tories?
The fight for second place is a headache for Kemi Badenoch.
ByKemi Badenoch
PMQs review: Badenoch’s attacks are undermined by her record in government
The Conservative leader never raised the issue of a national inquiry into the rape gangs when she was children’s minister…
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Why Elon Musk is a danger to the Tories
It won’t be Kemi Badenoch that benefits from the fury over the grooming gangs scandal.
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The philosophical salvation of Kemi Badenoch
In John Ruskin’s working-class conservatism lies a path to revive the Tory Party.
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The New Statesman’s A-Z of 2024
A rundown of the year, from Charli XCX and Jeremy Clarkson to the incumbency curse and floods in Valencia.
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The year ahead: Can Kemi Badenoch rescue the Tories?
Labour has left her an open goal – her future depends on taking it.
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PMQs review: Kemi Badenoch misses every target
The Conservative leader strays even further out of her depth in an anticlimactic showdown to end the year.
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Kemi Badenoch needs to improve – and fast
The Conservative leader needs a clearer strategy and greater respect for her MPs.
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Why Kemi Badenoch keeps misfiring
The Conservative leader appears to have somehow missed the 2024 election result.
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PMQs review: Badenoch falls into Reform’s trap
The Tory leader’s attacks on Labour’s immigration plan did more for Nigel Farage than the Conservative Party.
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PMQs review: Badenoch cannot rely on traditional Tory strengths
The Conservative leader’s record in government means that Keir Starmer can easily fend off attacks on immigration and farming.
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The common ground isn’t where Tories think it is
There is a way for the Conservatives to return to power – if they completely change their message.
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Kemi against the machine
The Tory leader’s take on the Post Office scandal is a familiar one.
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Kemi Badenoch is no philosopher-queen
Young conservatives are demanding a radicalism that goes beyond her narrow hinterland.
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Britain must learn from America’s populist disaster
If we don’t, we shall be doomed to repeat it.
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Wanted: one Fleet Street hack
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Badenoch’s Thatcher-like qualities will inspire both admiration and horror
Is the new Conservative leader “fresh”, or are we back in 1975? Plus: more drama at the Observer and a…
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That time I met Donald Trump
Also this week: Kemi Badenoch’s anti-identity politics and Masayoshi Son’s love of risk.
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PMQs review: Badenoch does not faze Starmer
The Labour leader met her attack-dog style with a cool head.
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Inside Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet
The Tory leader bids to appease the party’s warring factions.
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