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. and they always choose kemi badenoch-— and they always choose kemi badenoch. ., . ., ., , badenoch. in: badenoch. the other candidates are saying that _ badenoch. the other candidates are saying that people - badenoch. the other candidates are saying that people want - badenoch. the other candidates are saying that people want to l are saying that people want to know when they are going to get an nhs appointment, a home of their own, what school their kid is going to go to. and she is talking about whether or not people from certain countries or certain immigrants share british values. perfectly valid but is it a danger she isn't talking about some of the core issues because her position is that she doesn't want to talk about those specific policies so far away from the election? i think it is right to talk about that might not talk about certain issues. but she talks about wider issues about what is wrong with the state, why we paid the price at the ballot box. people felt we found that the delivery. some of that is what we inherited previously, the legal settlement and also the le

so, kemi badenoch _ about there, hannah? so, kemi badenoch has _ about there, hannah?denoch has focused - about there, hannah? so, kemi badenoch has focused very - about there, hannah? so, kemi| badenoch has focused very much on principles, whereas you heard robertjenrick they're talking specifically more about how he would have plans and what they would mean in practice. she said that she was not talking about all muslims in the comments that she was making. she said that there are many muslims who love the country, that was the group —— was brought up in herself when asked about it and said she did not want to get drawn into that kind of language, but she talked about people who might open the door and then the women might say that can't speak because the husband needs to do the talking on their part. she said that was unacceptable in british society. so she is saying things that are controversial, perhaps, that some people might feel uncomfortable about, but she is using her background and highlighting her background as someone who was born in the uk, but then grew

first, kemi badenoch. a few words with her after her 0 & a with conservative members and activists. what skills does she think she has to be the next prime minister? the leadership skills i think this country is looking for is someone who understands why things aren't working, that the system is broken. i'm an engineer, i start from first principles, i look at things end to end and i deliver. i get stuff done. when things have been broken, ifix them. and are the things broken in this country because the tories broke them? the system is broken. and politicians are struggling to use the system. keir starmer is already having the same problems and this is why i think a time of plain speaking and honesty is important rather than people promising things that they can't deliver. right, and why do you think you are a better candidate than mr cleverly, mr tugendhat, mrjenrick? obviously i am here selling myself. i like all of the other candidates but i think that i'm somebody... but you think you're the best. well

dominated day one after kemi badenoch badenoch badenoch badenoch. >> i know it's hard to retrain theh isn't it bad? >> bad badenoch beard. it's not bad. >> there's no bad and bad. >> there's no bad and bad. >> it's bad. and my anyway badenoch that's what you've got to see it as bad. yeah. beard, beard knock. anyway. well anyway, she's in trouble. she's all over maternity leave. let's talk to olivia utley about this and tell us what sort of difficulties she's in over all of this. olivia >> well, kemi badenoch does seem to be in quite a bit of trouble here. she said yesterday in an interview with times radio that maternity pay had gone too far. she was asked by the political editor of times radio whether she thought that maternity pay in this country was too low, and she said actually, she thought it had gone the other way. now she claims that she was misrepresented in that interview, and that what she was talking about was the general regulations that businesses and particularly small businesses face, and that the problem that britain is facing is that businesses simply aren't startin

i asked kemi badenoch. badenoch apparently we've been told there's no bad in her name.denoch, about immigration specifically. and she said, you know , i'm not going to get into know, i'm not going to get into numbers. this is where we went wrong before, but we need to look at the people making these decisions. i think, you know, people in the civil service that may not be fully on board, and also, she was saying that leaving the echr is not the answer as far as she is concerned, she was very upbeat . concerned, she was very upbeat. it was very punchy. it was really well attended. it feels to me like she's got the energy, the momentum. we had chris philpott this morning, laura trott, claire coutinho introduced her all pretty big beasts in the conservative party at the moment. so she is riding high, some people do have concerns about her style though she can be quite abrasive. and then james cleverly, who is going on his record, all the big posts that he's held in government, well attended grant shapps was there, but didn't have the sort of current remaining big tory star

so that is kemi badenoch, continuing to take questions. many people regard her as the frontrunner in this leadership contest. there are six people going for this leadership contest. whittling that number down to five, then four, then they go off to the tory party conference and eventually there will be two left in the race. this is kemi badenoch making her case today, the launch of her campaign. interesting there, that question right at the end about her character. she has said a lot about how she is a straight talker how she likes to get things done. she talked about how civil servants sometime stopped doing things she thought she should be able to do. i think her temperament is quite an important part of this. some of her conservative colleagues have said to me they find are quite difficult to deal with. they felt it wasn't just her being a little bit abrasive, they felt that on occasion she was rude, and that was with colleagues, not when she was attacking the labour party. others will say it is just because she has strong views and wan

just in the lead up to introducing kemi badenoch.i badenoch a former business secretary and very close ally of michael gove. the former tory mp talking at the moment. you can get a sense of what kemi badenoch�*s campaign will be based on. you can see it on the writing just behind on the wall, to the right of the screen. she says it is all about renewal. we understand she is going to be saying, there is no point the conservatives pointing at labour. they need to do something for themselves. robertjenrick on sunday also launched his campaign. he said he would oppose labour's declaration of war on middle classes. kemi badenoch one of six mps putting themselves forward to be the tory party's next leader. tom tugendhat priti patel and robertjenrick have all given speeches ahead of what we are about to hear shortly. we are also expecting to hear from james cleverly around midday uk time. mel stride has also declared his candidacy for the role. just to remind you, kemi badenoch has said we are expecting her to say that if the conservatives

we only want to find is kemi badenoch major. what her view is of maternity pay. she's had some rather interesting views on that. now the minimum alcohol use, the minimum alcohol unit price rises by 30% in scotland today. will it be enough to reduce alcohol related deaths, and is it the business of state to be the price of alcohol? this is gb news. >> good morning. welcome back to britain's newsroom. i'm joined in the studio again by emma woolf and labour adviser, former labour adviser matthew talbot. matthew just remind me because you're new for our viewers this morning. you've been on here as a guest but new as a panellist. why are you no longer involved with the labour party specifically? >> put me on the spot, why don't you?! >> put me on the spot, why don't you? i think i'm too left wing for the labour party in its current guise. i always thought with the way the polls looked, it would be a nice, natural conclusion to seven years in frontbench to politics leave having seen us go into power, i think there was half an option t

but listen, badenoch kemi badenoch has suggested that integration and the language should be a rule ofrter says badenoch is right . guy says if mass right. guy says if mass migration in all its forms isn't stopped, britain and its culture will be lost within a couple of decades. and how about this? rick says immigration, legal and illegal, is bleeding this country dry. okay, folks, lots to get through. we'll start with this . yes, indeed. i'm delighted this. yes, indeed. i'm delighted to say it's time for mark meats and i went to birmingham. well, i didn't actually, but virtually i didn't actually, but virtually i didn't actually, but virtually i did to speak to a top tory mp regarding conference and indeed the tory leadership hopefuls rehearsed. conservative mp for solihull west and shirley, welcome to the programme. what is this year's conference for? >> well, look, we've just come through one of the most bruising electoral defeats we've faced as a party. so this this conference is an opportunity for our members to get together and look at the four candidates who are putting themselv

i mean, as we expected , badenoch.expected, those two are well in the lead but still it all is very, very close together. you've got sort of 22 and then the next, the next sort of pack of mps, if you like, you've got tom tugendhat on 17. that's only five votes in it. you don't have to have very many people to change their minds to see that all changing up.and minds to see that all changing up. and of course, there is a lot of time left that number five will be whittled to down four on tuesday. those four will have a sort of political beauty pageant at the conservative party conference at the end of the beginning of october, then after that, we're going to see two weeks for conservative members to mull over what they make of it. conservative mps two. the mps will narrow it down to just two by the middle of october, and conservative members will vote by the end of october. we can expect to see a result on november the 1st. at the moment, it does look as though robert jenrick and kemi badenoch will be the two who make it

and i'm asking, do you agree with kemi badenoch ? now, agree with kemi badenoch?ggested not all cultures are equally valid when it comes to immigration and failing to recognise this is naive. she emphasised her own immigrant background, saying many stay away from discussing the issues around culture for fear of being labelled xenophobic. so for the great british debate, that's all i'm asking. do you agree with kemi badenoch? well, joining me to discuss broadcaster and journalist danny kelly and also gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson. i just followed the script. nigel i don't understand what she means now. >> it seems to me that anybody who is who chooses to come to live here, one of the things they must do is obey british law and embrace british values . and. and embrace british values. and. but it doesn't mean mean necessarily abandoning their own culture or ethnic roots. so if they want to celebrate their own religious ceremonies, i think that that is perfectly okay. so when she's talking about, some cultures are less equal than others, i don't k

an exam board is badenoch. taking too many exams and spending more than 30 hours in tests. that's among the highest globally. ocr is one of the main exam boards in the uk, is calling for a reduction in the number and the intensity of exams. instead, they propose a shift towards a more balanced curriculum that report is backed by education figures and comes as the government launches its own review into the curriculum and assessments. and finally, sir brian may has revealed he suffered a minor stroke last week which briefly impaired his arm in an instagram video. the 77 year old said he's now doing okay but won't be driving, flying or doing any strenuous activity. the queen guitarist described the incident as a little scary, but praised the care he received from hospital staff, and he's also reassured fans he can still play guitar . fans he can still play guitar. thank goodness those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'll be back in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone sign

should kemi badenoch of badenoch. sorry, i've put a number on. yeah. >> is it good enough?s it good enough to just say, oh, we'll you know . well is it, is it good you know. well is it, is it good enough to speak in such vague terms about immigration when it is currently the number one issue for voters, as she swerved it entirely? we'll play the clip to you just to remind you of what exactly she said. this was a question put by our political correspondent katherine forster to us. she didn't want to give a number. she gave a vague answer on on how to improve the home office and things like this. but i think people want a number. or perhaps you don't believe in targets anyway. but yes, the winter fuel allowance, the conservatives, the liberal democrats, of course, they're saying there must be a vote in parliament. so far, though, government sources are saying absolutely not. that is not going to happen. but this is a policy that could affect io policy that could affect 10 million pensioners. >> yeah, i think they may well lose that vote. i think quite a lot of labour mps woul

badenoch, mrjenrick and that mr badenoch, mr jenrick and that mr stride., having stride. voters will now, having given him a bit of a run switch, probably to a colonel tugendhat. >> it is quite interesting, isn't it, that, i mean, you'd imagine dame pretty's votes will go to a right wing candidate. so therefore jenrick or cleverly, cleverly well, well cleverly used to be on the right where he still is, but mel stride has done so well that people who may have thought about not voting for him because he couldn't do very well, may be tempted to give him a go, sort of steady hand on the tiller. >> i'm just going to break it to you guys that in the normal world, which i don't know if either of you occupy, people actually can't tell the difference between robert jenrick and tom tugendhat. they think they sometimes get them confused. if you say to them who are these two people? they don't know? the only name recognition individual, though, is priti patel. she's now out, interestingly , and it's surely interestingly, and it's surely they know kemi badenoch. yeah,

we have heard from robertjenrick and from kemi badenoch, who were on the bbc this morning.en making their views very clear. and their views very clear. and their perception of what needs to be done, apparently, is leadership, and their diagnosis of what went wrong is that there was too much infighting and people simply were not listening to the conservative party. so there are some points of agreement with the candidates. i think the areas where we are going to get the sharpest focus is going to be issues such as immigration. robertjenrick set out his stall this morning. 0ne robertjenrick set out his stall this morning. one of the reasons for that, just to remind everyone of the process, although there are four contenders here, once this conference wraps up, the mps will then whittle that down to the final two, and only two contenders will then go forward to the party membership for the final ballot stop they will decide who the next conservative leader is going to be. that's why some are focusing on issues that they think the party membership in particular are concerned ab

she's very combative, combative, and it's been said that if kemi badenoch, badenoch was in a room on own, she would create a fight , and i on her own, she would create a fight, and i think to be honest, i think probably if you're what matters in the next few years is, obviously policies, but it's also performance in the house of commons and its performance in particular at prime minister's question time. and i don't think starmer would actually know quite to how deal with kemi. he she's a woman . she's a woman of she's a woman. she's a woman of colour. and i think he would find that very difficult, whereas he would find it much easier to bat against, a male . easier to bat against, a male. >> okay. now this will change by the day. it's like a stock market. it's like the grand national. but, christine, who do you think wins in november ? you think wins in november? >> oh goodness me, i have no idea. but my guess is it won't be kemi badenoch because she's the one that the grassroots want. and she is the one that therefore the tory mps will make sure that she's not presented to them. >>

>> i quite like kemi badenoch . >> i quite like kemi badenoch. she doesn't.nd i think probably in this sort of politically correct world that we're now living in, i think she would be absolutely right, i think another one is robert jenrick, i think if you wanted somebody sort of more on the left of the party, tom tugendhat , but i think the, like tugendhat, but i think the, like i said , the i think three will i said, the i think three will definitely get through now and that will be kemi badenoch and that will be kemi badenoch and that will be priti patel, and probably means. let's put he is a man of means. let's put it bluntly, and so he doesn't need to go on the sort of the circuit, like so many have, i won't mention names and into america and so on, but so we've got kemi badenoch speaking very soon. >> who do you think neil would make the best leader for the conservative party? who should move them forward? >> i quite like kemi badenoch . >> i quite like kemi badenoch. she doesn't. she calls a spade a shovel, and i think probably in this sort of political

have you got kemi badenoch?ht have kemi badenoch coming up soon with our political editor, chris hope . political editor, chris hope. >> hello. hello how's it going? >> hello. hello how's it going? >> it's going well. okay >> it's going well. okay >> we'll come to what you're thinking in a minute. why do you want to be tory leader? >> i want to be leader of our party because it means something very special to me . and i don't very special to me. and i don't want to see it die. i think the result we had at the last election shows that we are at an existential point. there is a party to the right that is challenging us. people across the political spectrum don't know what we stand for. i think that i know what we stand for. i think thati can know what we stand for. i think that i can help sell conservatism again. confident conservatism. i am somebody who gets cut through. i am somebody who communicates our values. and i always start from first principles. i can do it. and that's what i want to be. tory leader. oka

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so what did kemi badenoch say today that made headlines?lly eye—catching statement, ithink, this morning — i expect will provoke a lot of conversation — is about when it comes to immigration. she's essentially saying that the uk should take a dim view of accepting people from cultures which she describes as being "less valid than our own." now, to say that a culture is less valid than another, obviously, in a country that many people see as something that is multicultural, where there should be respect for all cultures, clearly she knows, and many of our newscasters will know, that lots of people are going to find that controversial. however, her point, which we asked her about clearly is, well, what do you mean by that? who do you mean? she talked about cultures where women were not seen as equals, and she even talked about somebody, you know, people on the election trail already living in this country where she knocked the door, somebody said, "i'm sorry, you're going to have to talk to my husband," she used that as an example of a cultur

kemi badenoch is second. she's on about 30.d of her in the last one last month. i think it was nought point two, 0.3%. so he's widened that lead, from 0.2, 0.3 to an 8% lead. so there's a lot of momentum there. both, it would seem, among the voluntary party and obviously among members of parliament. and as you have seen, the shadow health secretary, victoria atkins, came out for robert today. now that's quite significant because it shows very clearly that he's got support across the parliamentary party. so, you know , victorian party. so, you know, victorian people like john lamont very much on the sort of centrist to one nation wing of the parliamentary party. and then you've got people like myself and, and andrew rosindell , more and, and andrew rosindell, more at the other end of the spectrum. so i think what that shows is that robert genuinely now has support right across the parliamentary party. so he'd be very well placed to unify it. >> but given that jenrick entered the house of commons as a david cameron acolyte, are y

it's badenoch a generic clash over immigration policy. we should have.if it meant something. and they should. they should be arguing about more important things than this. is this is badenoch who is she's something of the something. she's a tory. she wants to be tory leader and she said it's important who comes to the country if they share the same values as we do, which was basically a dig at certain people who hate us and want us dead and want their own courts and all that other stuff. and i shouldn't i shouldn't have even said that. and then and then the other guy or one of the four other guy or one of the four other guys, jenrick said, said that numbers also matter. but and it doesn't quite matter who comes into the country. it's just the numbers and the truth is. >> so he just says we should get the numbers down and not kind of give people a free pass as long as they are. yeah, yeah. >> because he is a tory and he has to wake up every day knowing that his party is the is the lib dems of the 21st century in the 21st century? yes that the tories are d

kemi badenoch she afghanistan.emi badenoch she said that this party is in an existential crisis at this point, they need to get on and reform and find new ways of telling a story, she said that if you vote for kevin bacon or if you vote for kevin bacon or if you're a tory member, if she becomes leader, a lot of things will change. i think they should rethink what the tory party is for . and that may be what a for. and that may be what a party with 121 mps needs. he denied there was a stop kemi kemp and she said she would review the net zero target and she defended her remarks about maternity pay, saying that many people had misquoted her but not not times radio. but others had misquoted her and in fact she was talking about overall the impact of regulation on companies. so all to play for. and tomorrow i'm doing the same again. an hour each with with robert jenrick, and james cleverly. so tune in 2 to 4 on the channel and all day for the best coverage. >> interesting stuff chris have you got your tugendhat fixed? h

kemi badenoch has since clarified that of course she believes in maternity pay.o decide who's the best leader to take the fight to labour. a huge rescue effort is under way in nepal after floods and landslides killed nearly 150 people. at least 50 others are missing. the government has faced criticism over the speed of the emergency response. its stephen murphy has more. in the past few days, some parts of nepal have seen the highest rainfall in more than 50 years. thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes, and some major roads have been cut off because of the intense rainfall and landslides. especially in the area around the capital kathmandu, which has been hit hardest by the intense rainfall. police have been using zip lines to rescue people and some residents have described the lengths they went to, to escape the rising waters. translation: ~ , ., translation: as the water levels rose. _ translation: as the water levels rose, we _ translation: as the water levels rose, we had - translation: as the water levels rose, we had to - translation: as

let's say kemi badenoch wins. let's say kemi badenoch wins. sure that they will be delivered once if they will be delivered once if the conservative party gets back to power? >> that that is probably the biggest difficulty we've got now. and i've written a bit about this in the telegraph tonight, i think one one thing we can do, obviously, is be extremely clear about what we're going to do extremely clear about the plan, you know, make sure there's no internal arguments about things. and get people to row in behind them. i think any sense of hesitation or let's wait till 2029 and see how things look and will will take decisions, then i think any of thatis decisions, then i think any of that is fatal. when trust levels are so low, it's going to be so clear now. >> an interesting few weeks to come. well, while i have you with me, we have to cover one of the other big stories of the day, which is about michel barnier, the former chief brexit negotiator, who you got to know very well in your previous role has been appointed by president macron as

kemi badenoch has since clarified that of course she believes in maternity pay.ader to take the fight to labour. tonight the final four candidates have been in this building shaking hands, meeting members, pressing the flesh. forthe hands, meeting members, pressing the flesh. for the first time we have seen signs of tension between the candidates, perhaps because time is running out to make an impact. i would argue a wider battle faces whoever doesn't win that context, evidenced by the fact that the conference isn't really that busy, not that many people attending. the motorcades of senior government ministers are of course gone, and the fact labour have such a massive majority means whoever succeeds rishi sunak does face a battle to relevance. the government is going to tighten the rules around hospitality and force ministers and shadow ministers to declare it all. it comes in the wake of the row over donations and gifts given to keir starmer. last night, the labour mp rosie duffield quit the party, saying the prime minister and his team cared "more about greed

kemi badenoch . she's come under kemi badenoch.. i know a lot of women would disagree with that, she says. her words have been misrepresented. also, robert jenrick , he says we should jenrick, he says we should display the star of david at the border to show we with israel. what do you make of break? whoa. welcome back. this is good afternoon britain. it is now 224. now there's a huge amount going on in when it comes to politics. anyway, the government, in response to the whole freebie gate scandal, is to tighten transparency rules for ministerial hospitality. this, of course, after the whole row over freebies received by labour ministers, they're trying to draw a line under this whole issue. they're trying to draw a line. now the information around declarations is currently published by departments, but less frequently and without a requirement to specify the value. so they're trying to tighten this up to try and prove to the public that they've got this all under control. now, this all under control. now, this also comes as rober

kemi badenoch, have you today, is trying — badenoch, have you today, is trying to— badenoch, have youonservative members, but in the first instance she is trying _ the first instance she is trying to show conservative mps that if— trying to show conservative mps that if they put her through to that if they put her through to that final— that if they put her through to that final stage, she is the one — that final stage, she is the one that _ that final stage, she is the one that can beat robert jenrick~ _ one that can beat robert jenrick. it is actually quite a complicated dynamic. we jenrick. it is actually quite a complicated dynamic. we had penny morden, _ complicated dynamic. we had penny morden, former - complicated dynamic. we had penny morden, former chair l complicated dynamic. we had | penny morden, former chair of the party, a loss of form is knocking around the party these days. penny morden tried, who is going to take on a roll of rebuilding the party around the company, she was being very regally diplomatic and didn't want to say anything rude about any of the candidates,

for kemi badenoch, one of the issues that came up unsurprisingly was the remarks she made yesterday in. many people thought or interpreted that she had said that maternity pay is excessive, but she has clarified the remarks and said they had been misinterpreted. this is what she had to say about it today. i was answering a different question. i was interrupted as i was answering a different question, and i don't actually think kate mccann was trying to catch me out. i was trying to explain that when we start talking about micro policy, we forget the first principles. businesses, and i'll use an example, there's a cafe in my constituency that closed down, there's a cafe in my constituei and 1at closed down, there's a cafe in my constituei and also osed down, there's a cafe in my constituei and also questions i, there's a cafe in my constituei and also questions on questions and also questions on policy. for kemi badenoch, one of the issues that came up unsurprisingly was the remarks she made yesterday in relation to maternity pay. many people thought or interpreted that she had said tha

kemi badenoch is lashing out at laboun kemi badenoch is lashing out at labour, calling for change inmes cleverly is calling for a cut to stamp duty . cut to stamp duty. >> is prince harry to make a royal return? the duke of sussex is said to be making inquiries about repairing his relationship with his family, and the british public. >> what word would ofsted use about manchester united, i wonder? in the sport, liverpool smash them at old trafford as unions who lobbying by teaching unions who claim the single word gradings were simplistic , reductive, were simplistic, reductive, unreliable and inhumane , this unreliable and inhumane, this comes as fines for taking your child out of school will increase from today, as the education secretary says, schools are facing an absence epidemic . the conservative epidemic. the conservative leadership race is intensifying. kemi badenoch is lashing out at laboun kemi badenoch is lashing out at labour, calling for change in the conservative party, whilst james cleverly is calling for a cut to stamp duty . cut to stamp duty. >> is prince harry to

kemi badenoch is _ know who these people are. kemi badenoch is not _ know who these people are.e it. the conservative activists may say she is worried about what she allegedly said about maternity pay albeit i don't think she did actually say, but mps may say hang on, that's not necessarily demonstrating the qualities of leadership that we want. , . , qualities of leadership that we want. , , , ., ., want. very briefly, in one name if ou want. very briefly, in one name if you can. _ want. very briefly, in one name if you can. is — want. very briefly, in one name if you can, is there _ want. very briefly, in one name if you can, is there any - if you can, is there any evidence that one of them might be more popular than the other with the public? we. great, with the public? no. great, that was— with the public? no. great, that was concise! _ with the public? i457. great, that was concise! we have professor sirjohn curtice giving all there is to know about the conservative leadership race. the candidates will be taking more questions, giving more answers, speeches on the main stag

this is very good news for kemi badenoch.in the first round of voting last week, she got 22 votes against, robert jenrick, 28 votes, six votes behind. it doesn't sound like very much, but of course we're talking about very, very small numbers here. given there are only 122 conservative mps in parliament at the beginning of this race, kemi badenoch was very much seen as the firm favourite. but last week questions were being raised about whether she would manage to get the support of mps. she's not known generally to be that popular among conservative mps, not particularly because of her politics, but more because of her sort of attitude. in the tea room, she's seen as a she can be a little bit sort of ratty, a bit difficult to get on with. the fact that she has now managed to secure such a big chunk of that shadow cabinet, who, of course, are her own colleagues. she was in the cabinet under rishi sunak is very good news for her, because if she makes it onto that final two, the final two get sent to the members and the members

stride, kemi badenoch, kemi badenoch and tom tugendhat. to my panel. sir conor burns, former tory mp for bournemouth west, and joe phillips , who west, and joe phillips, who pressed former press secretary and journalist conor to you first, of course, if you were an mp today, i know who you'd voted for. badenoch, because i saw you at her launch . at her launch. >> no, i'd have voted for kemi badenoch btec because you keep pronouncing she rightly says there is no quite right, quite right. >> touche, i stand corrected. look, the first thing i would reflect on if i was a tory mp today is the person who came first, got 28 votes. >> if that doesn't tell people very graphically about how diminished the conservative party is tonight, that figure gives it to you . and i think my gives it to you. and i think my colleagues in parliament have got a decision to make. do they want to elect someone who wants to challenge why we failed in government in so many places? ask really uncomfortable questions and start to lay the foundations from first principle

this is what her supporters say about why they think kemi badenoch should be the leader. she goes. people are kind of going up to her wanting selfies, and her stand is very, very busy. so it's quite clear that the members really want kemi in that final two. she's been very busy. to be fair, all the candidates have got chockablock diaries here, but you do see that star quality in a way that really does make her stand out, because people want to be around her. you know, we're amongst friends here, we're all conservatives, but there's still something very special about kemi. the comments that she made about maternity pay, i know she said she's been misrepresented. yeah. but were they a misstep? well, i mean genuinely, if you look at the full, what she said, it was quite clear she was talking more generally about regulations on businesses. and then the interviewer, i think, was being specific. so to be honest, i think it was a genuine misunderstanding. but kemi is very, very clear, actually, she wants to get business regulations down, rather... and of course she's a mother, y

conservative leadership candidate kemi badenoch doesn't think so.article for today's sunday telegraph, she called for a better integration strategy that emphasises british culture. she argues some customs may be at odds with british values, and that it's naive to assume immigrants will automatically abandon ancestral ethnic hostilities at the border. lots of long words. there let's see what my panellist jj anna sewell obe and charlie rowley make of this one. now, can i come to you first on this one, jj because if you read that just bluntly, it could sound a little bit racist. >> yeah, it does sound, if you just take the headlines from it that she is essentially targeting muslims. >> that's, that's the cultural difference. >> i mean, that's that was my conclusion as well, because that is the biggest cultural difference. >> yeah. but if she if she had explained it more clearly, more precisely and said , if you are precisely and said, if you are in favour of women, women being second class citizens, then you are against all odds with british values. if

i mean depher kemi badenoch.ote, sort of trying to be the tough person. the reality is tough. >> what do you mean? >> what do you mean? >> she was talking. talking tough on china and zero net two months ago. she wasn't saying any of this stuff. well, she did rail against a few things. like she didn't rail against china. she didn't rail against net zero all of a sudden because of what reform is standing for, she's basically coming to our turf. you can't trust what these people say coming to your turf. >> talk about suella braverman defecting. have you had conversations with the former home secretary as you well know? >> i don't give a running commentary on any discussions. no, i won't, i'm not going to because i want people, i want people, i want people to trust are you having conversations ? i are you having conversations? i don't i don't comment, i don't comment on any discussions, all sorts of things i enjoy. i enjoy meeting and talking to the conservatives in and around the chamber, trying to get them in the r

we've seen already with badenoch and jenrick setting his attack dogs on kemi badenoch to defeat her to a fool of her over this. what she said about maternity pay. this is not the tories reuniting to get the trust back of the british people. you're going to have to convince them that you're a serious party again, you're a serious party again, you're going to have to stop the infighting and the backbiting and the fighting among each other. you know, you're saying that they can't lose 116 majority. that is true . and majority. that is true. and starmer is losing popularity. but the bottom line is the tories aren't gaining it. it's not being reflected in tory popularity right now. and i don't think it will be until the tories show the british people that they can be trusted again with some serious policies with, you know, with a leader that they can all get behind and not be trying to knock spots off. and that's what that's what jenrick's crew was trying to do oven jenrick's crew was trying to do over, over that maternity stuff. >> before i come to benjamin, can i pick up on carol's point

then we had james cleverly, another former badenoch.former home cleverly, another former home secretary cleverly, anotherformer home secretary and former foreign secretary and former foreign secretary as well. tom tugendhat, mel stride on 16 and priti patel on 1a. it goes to another row next week that will break the number down to four. those four will then go to the conservative party conference where they will make their case. then there will be whittled down to two by the mps and at that point when you have the final two it goes out to conservative party members. so these candidates are, at the moment, really making their case to their fellow mps and they do have to be mindful of what tory members want because ultimately they are the ones they were particularly putting pressure on the mps to save vote one way or the other and at the end they will have the final say. at the end they will have the final say-— final say. indeed. robert jenrick out _ final say. indeed. robert jenrick out in _ final say. indeed. robert jenrick out in the

kemi badenoch is the favourite with members but will she get that far ? because there's all sorts of mutterings here and concerns from her team that the other teams may play some sort of dirty tricks to keep her out of the final two. then we have james cleverly, of course, huge, huge amounts of experience in government that may help him or it may hinder him . and then tom it may hinder him. and then tom tugendhat, who was security minister but is much less untainted. if you like, with what went on. he is very keen to stress his military background. he says he can lead in a way that he feels the conservative party hasn't had the leadership that it needed, but it's building up now. we'll have several days of gladhanding events, kemi badenoch team told me that they have 50 commitments here, so they will be working from early in the morning . all from early in the morning. all these four candidates to late at night because this is make or break time. now for their campaigns. >> thank you. catherine, can i just clarify? you said rishi sunakis just clarify? you

okay. >> kemi badenoch, thank you so much for joining >> kemi badenoch, thank you so much forjoininghe much for joining us here on the camilla tominey programme. really appreciate your time. well, up next we're going to hear from our final tory leadership candidate, robert jenrick back with interview in three minutes. robert jenrick can you name something you think the new labour government has done well since coming into office? >> well, look, i'm i'm pleased that they are turning their attention to how we get more homes built in this country. we need to build homes, we need more industry and infrastructure. unfortunately, they're going about it in the wrong way . they're doing wrong way. they're doing precisely the opposite of what i want to do. they're slashing the housing targets in the big cities, and they're hiking them in the countryside and in places where there isn't demand for housing. so the idea is right. but the policies are wrong. if i was leader of our party and ultimately prime minister, i want to get young people onto the housing ladder with serious but radical chang