STORY
Kemi Badenoch, the Leader of the Opposition, has launched an attack on Robert Jenrick, her rival in the Conservative Party leadership contest last year. The move, which comes as a surprise given party hopes of showing a united front at this week’s party conference, reopens the divide between the two politicians.
Badenoch claimed that Jenrick was simply presenting views which were mostly hers which had been “repackaged” and she added:
“I don’t mind that he says what he thinks. The advantage of having a leadership contest is that you’ve kind of already said what you think. Repeating it, which is what Rob tends to do, is not new information.”
Badenoch will give two speeches at this week’s Conservative Party conference in Manchester in an attempt to gain the initiative from Reform who is out-polling the party.