Ed Davey has congratulated Kemi Badenoch on her election as leader of the Conservative Party and has pledged that the Liberal Democrats will be providing the strongest opposition to the Labour Government:
I’d like to congratulate Kemi Badenoch on being elected leader of the Conservative Party. The election of the first Black leader of a major UK political party is a historic moment for the country.
Voters across the country believe her party is too divided, out-of-touch and unable to accept Conservative failures over the past years.
The Liberal Democrats will continue to offer the best opposition to the Government and fight for a fair deal for Britain.
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Though I hate their politics, it is impressive that the Conservatives have followed the election of the first British Asian to lead a major political party with the first Black woman to lead a major political party.
To me the most interesting part of the Result is that Conservative membership is down 40,000 in the last 2 Years though still 40,000 more than The Libdems. We should be looking to overtake them.
A first rate speaker, & parliamentary performer.. What she says on Immigration & women’s issues – does resonate with a considerable number of voters …It would be foolish to think otherwise.
Martin Gray, “Women’s issues”? Kemi Bradenoch recently implied that she thought rights to maternity pay and maternity leave had gone too far, although many mothers of young children could attest that these rights do not go nearly far enough. Is that the sort of statement on women’s issues that you feel “resonate with a considerable number of voters”?
I’m aware that’s probably not the sort of statement you were refering to. Transphobia has nothing to do with feminism
@Cath…SMP – Businesses claim most of it back . Taking off one taxpayer to give to another .. And yes you’re correct in regards to the last paragraph – I’m sure they’ll be plenty opportunity to debate that point, in the party and beyond.
@Mary, not to diminish the individual successes, but wolf in sheep’s clothing does come to mind, ie. The party wants to be electable, but doesn’t want to do anything about its ideology. We can expect the Conservatives to be just as divided internally as they have always been. However, in opposition this won’t matter much as it is unlikely they will need to face a GE until 2029…
It reminds me of the probably apocryphal story of a fairly new MP talking to an old-timer in the bar : ” The trouble with this place is there are far too many @@@@s”
“You’re probably right. But then there are a lot of @@@@s in the electorate, and someone has to represent them”