Is the Tory Party finally getting its act together? Yesterday, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch released a video in which she announced that she was throwing out Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor Robert Jenrick from the Conservative Party. Why? Because, she said, she had overwhelming evidence that he was about to leave the party and join Nigel Farage’s Reform Party, and he intended to do so in a damaging way. Jenrick, a politician of obvious ambition, had been widely tipped as a potential successor to Badenoch as leader. Later that day, he made his move.
Yesterday’s events obviously strengthen Badenoch’s grip on leadership. She has markedly improved in her role as Tory leader over time, and this improvement likely informed Jenrick’s intention to leave the party. Kneecapping Jenrick showed a Tory leader acting with competence and decisiveness.
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