Badenoch beats Jenrick in Mumsnet ratings

The Tory leadership contest will wrap up in less than two weeks and members have been busy casting their votes over the last few days. While there is frustration across the party about the lack of membership polling data available, Mr S is rather intrigued by what attentive users on Mumsnet think of Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch. And it appears of the two finalists there is a clear winner…

A new site survey has revealed that Badenoch is nearly twice as popular as her rival, with almost a fifth of Mumsnet users rowing in behind the shadow housing secretary – while just over one in ten of the site’s regulars saying they’d prefer Jenrick. It’s yet another hit to the former immigration minister’s campaign, after the GB News leadership special last Thursday that saw audience members overwhelming back Badenoch. It’s not all plain sailing for Team Kemi though – while site users have slammed Jenrick over his call to paint over children’s murals in asylum centres, Mumsnet members have blasted Badenoch’s