Cleverly lifts party spirits while Badenoch offers Thatcherite tough love - who has the better moves?
It’s the political rumble of November 2024: not the Trump-Harris fight for the future of the world’s biggest democracy, but the culmination of the
The job description looks forbidding: “Must motivate a rump group of dissatisfied employees. Competition: Labour Party with a working majority of 181 seats. Must satisfy rightwing malcontents and keep moderate MPs happy. Prospects: erratic given propensity to ditch leaders. Resources: dreadful. Public perception: ‘Anyone But You.’”There are, however, quite a few people who fancy their chances of doing it.
Internal experience can differ. A minister who served with “Bad Keminoch” spots a tendency to end up in fights with colleagues over relatively trivial matters. Many who admire her grit, intellect and appetite to take the fight to Labour will want to see more self-awareness about her impact on others. “She has the summer to go and make friends, offer some olive branches to end feuds,” says a colleague.
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