Shadow Cabinet League Table: Badenoch beats Jenrick in pre-defection poll

Henry Hill and Tali Fraser

“The Tory Leader has finally surged into first place. That Badenoch had already overtaken Jenrick before his departure will be quietly savoured in LOTO.”

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Even if the Conservative Party dies one day, ‘the Tories’ will always be with us

Daniel Hannan

“Eventually, unless our electoral system changes, a single party will emerge as the dominant force on the Right. Whatever the exact lineage of that party, I know what, before long, its opponents will take to calling it.”

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With Greenland Trump has exhausted the world with another tantrum

Garvan Walshe

“His disorder is not of the psychopath who lacks all empathy but of the person who has all too much, but only for himself.”

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Giles Dilnot

“Badenoch insists the Tories aren’t going to walk off the pitch or pivot to the left, but they should avoid looking complacent. Jenrick’s challenge should be met not with tit-for-tat soundbites but treating it as the mother of all ‘red team’ exercises.”

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I got on with Jenrick personally but his departure gives the Conservatives an opportunity

David Gauke

“The emphasis on the economy that has been pursued since Conference is beginning to bear results , with the Tories overtaking Labour and closing the gap with Reform. With the salience of immigration falling, that shift in approach has been vindicated.”

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A defection makes headlines but is felt locally. It will not distract us from our mission

Keith Girling

“Politics is ultimately about service. Parties exist to translate values into action, and elections exist to allow the public to choose between competing visions. That process works best when all involved play it straight.”

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Tali Fraser

“The Tory leader rallied her right-wing MPs after Jenrick’s defection and made clear that talk of a leftward shift is pure fantasy.”

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Cancelling elections does not make difficult issues disappear

Will Calverley

“We should also be honest about the precedent such actions set. If one tier of government can have its elections cancelled for administrative convenience, why not another?”

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Labour’s Chagos Bill is an act of strategic self-harm

Alex Brookes and Callum Murphy

“It is hard to think of another example in modern British history where a government has chosen to give up sovereign territory and pay billions to do so.”

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Time for critics to stop tilting at Tory windmills – Badenoch understands conservatism

George Trefgarne

“Badenoch understands the importance of not throwing the baby out with the bathwater, as Reform would risk. Those trotting along on their ideological ponies, tilting at windmills, need to have a word with themselves.”

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