In her first big speech of the year, Kemi Badenoch has taken a pop at Chancellor Rachel Reeves, reiterated her calls for a national inquiry into the grooming gang scandal and hit out at Britain’s immigration figures. Mr S was rather interested, however, in what the Tory leader said about Reform UK.
Speaking in London today, Badenoch was quizzed on whether her party could merge with the increasingly popular Farage-founded party ahead of the 2029 general election. The Tory leader hit out at the idea, remarking to her audience: ‘Nigel Farage says he wants to destroy the Conservative Party. Why on earth would we merge with that?’ She added about the rival party’s leader:
Nigel Farage has been knocking around for 20 plus years. He has been leading all sorts of different parties so he has had a head start. I have been leading the Conservative party for 10 weeks. Let’s see where we are in a few months and a few years.
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