As petition for another election hits three million, Kemi Badenoch says there’s no quick fix for winning back trust of voters – as she dismisses ‘easy answers’ offered by Nigel Farage_Nhy
Kemi Badenoch has said she will not be rushed into announcing policies as she dismissed the ‘easy answers’ offered by Nigel Farage.
The Tory leader insisted there was ‘no quick fix’ to regain voters’ trust after her party was kicked out of office for failing to deliver on its promises.
Rebuilding the Conservatives was a ‘marathon not a sprint’, she added in an interview with Radio 4’s Today programme broadcast yesterday.
Meanwhile, a petition to call a new general election, over anger at the Labour government, last night passed three million signatures. It will be debated in Parliament on January 6.
In her interview, Mrs Badenoch also admitted that upcoming local elections would be ‘very difficult’ and she did not have enough time for her project, which she believes will take longer than the life of one parliament.
But she dismissed fears among some in the party that the ‘vacuum’ means it will be overtaken in the polls, and membership numbers, by Right-wing rival Reform.
Mrs Badenoch said: ‘Reform is saying stuff because it hasn’t thought it all through. You can give easy answers if you haven’t thought it all through.
The Tory leader insisted there was ‘no quick fix’ to regain voters’ trust after her party was kicked out of office for failing to deliver on its promises
Mrs Badenoch admitted upcoming local elections would be ‘very difficult’ and she did not have enough time for her project, which she believes will take longer than the life of one parliament
She dismissed fears among some in the party that the ‘vacuum’ means it will be overtaken in the polls, and membership numbers, by Right-wing rival Reform led by Nigel Farage (pictured)
‘I do the thinking and what people are going to get with new leadership under me is thoughtful Conservatism, not knee-jerk announcements.
