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Paleo's avatar

UK. Two nutjobs to lead the party of Disraeli. Badenoch is probably the lesser evil.

Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch are the final two candidates to become Conservative leader after James Cleverly was eliminated in the last round of voting among Tory MPs in a stunning turnaround of fortune.

The choice will now be made in a ballot of Conservative party members, with the result announced on 2 November.

Cleverly had topped the third round of voting, but came third in the one on Wednesday, losing two votes.

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ArcticStones's avatar

Jeez, the Tories might as well invite Nigel Farage to lead their party!

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Caspian's avatar

That's in mid-2026, my guess.

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ehstronghold's avatar

Seeing how the Tories threw a fit over the UK ceding sovereignty over the Chagos Islands (despite the fact almost all of them didn't even know that place existed) coupled with the fact said negotiations began under Cleverly's watch must have hurt him in the end.

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James Trout's avatar

Most Britons didn't know that the Falkland Islands existed until Argentina - which was then very much a military dictatorship - invaded them back in 1982. Didn't stop a war from coming.

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