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Monday briefing: Can Kemi Badenoch face the past and plot a path for the future?

In today’s newsletter: The new Conservative party leader was announced on Saturday – and must build a credible opposition from a small pool of colleagues in the House of Commons

The Guardian - UK

Kemi Badenoch is taking Starmer’s ‘say nothing’ approach – and it will come back to bite her if she wins

Sticking to broad platitudes and waiting for your opponent to fail is the wrong approach for a new-look Tory party, says ConservativeHome’s Henry Hill

The Guardian - UK

Kemi Badenoch comes out top among Tory leadership contenders in new party member poll

NEW polling has found Tory leadership contender Kemi Badenoch is the most popular shadow cabinet minister among Conservative members.

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Leadership drama? Shotgun marriage with Reform? The Tory party’s next move will define its future

A reckoning is due – but thanks to voted-out contenders and internal divides, it’s not at all clear who will be leading it, says Henry Hill, the deputy editor of ConservativeHome

The Guardian - UK

A D-day disaster, dodgy leaflets and policies from thin air. Tory activists must avenge this debacle

Grassroots Conservatives will have their time to assess the disaster that is this campaign. They must be unsparing, says Henry Hill of ConservativeHome

The Guardian - UK

A great Tory reckoning is coming – but the party won’t split along the lines you’d expect

I’m often asked whether the party will move to the right or centre after the election, says ConservativeHome’s Henry Hill

The Guardian - UK

Tory MPs didn’t expect a July general election – and now they are rightly furious

Sunak’s party has plunged into a short campaign without a plan, says Henry Hill, the deputy editor of ConservativeHome

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Unloved but unchallenged, Sunak appears safe – because only a fool would want his job now

After the local elections, he has a broken party and an unenviable destiny. He is now the fall guy for the Tory wipeout to come, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak has staked his premiership on Rwanda – but the electorate will punish him for it

As David Cameron learned to his cost over Brexit, voters don’t judge politicians on policy, they judge on results, says Henry Hill of ConservativeHome

The Guardian - UK

Grassroots Tories hit out at budget and say party is ‘burnt toast’

Jeremy Hunt offered ‘nothing for working people’, say Conservative Democratic Organisation members

The Guardian - UK

A PM with no credo and a paltry record, a party with no plan or direction. That’s the Tories now

Sunak’s job is safe for now because no one else wants it. And don’t discount a May election yet, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Reality check for Penny Mordaunt: the Conservative leadership is not for you

The election has yet to be fought, let alone lost, but already the Tory would-be leaders are circling Rishi Sunak. And among the most energetic on the circuit is Penny Mordaunt. The other day, she was having a go at the SNP at the Caledonian Club; it’s always useful to…

Evening Standard

Here’s Sunak’s problem in deciding the election date: things are very bad now – and they could get much worse

With the polls against him and the Tories in turmoil, a May date might be the PM’s best gamble – but gambling isn’t his forte, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak is in an impossible bind – and even allies like Robert Jenrick are deserting him

The Rwanda scheme is an attempt to look tough on migration, but he can’t hide the fact that the figures have been rising for years, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome

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The Week

Kemi Badenoch tops Tory poll of most popular ministers

Kemi Badenoch leads the latest Cabinet popularity rankings, receiving the highest approval rating from Tory members.

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch most popular minister among Tory supporters, survey finds

Rishi Sunak among least popular with party’s grassroots – slipping back into negative territory

The Guardian - UK

Here’s what we know about Sunak now: where the anti-green extremists lead, he will follow

He should stand firm against the headbangers in his party, but he won’t. They speak, he listens, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Illegal migration bill mauled in Lords as peers vote to insert protections for children, LGBT people and pregnant women– as it happened

Lords inflicts three defeats on government in favour of amendments to bill

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The Guardian - UK

The Tories won’t be fool enough to fall for Boris Johnson again

Away from the demands of power, few in the party will listen, says Henry Hill of ConservativeHome

The Guardian - UK

Who can blame all these Tory MPs for standing down? They’re terrified of their own ‘Portillo moment’

Humiliation on election night isn’t exactly a tantalising prospect, but so many retirements aren’t the best thing for parliament, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome

The Guardian - UK

Raab is gone because the Tories have changed – at least that’s what Sunak wants you to think

The prime minister’s logic is clear: he doesn’t want the drumbeat of scandal to doom his government, as it did his predecessor’s, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome

Wales Online

Conservative commentator calls for Wales to be included on royal coat of arms

He said the 'simple' gesture could help in the 'fight for the future of the United Kingdom'

The Guardian - UK

Sunak: I can’t be sure small boats will be stopped before election

PM calls fulfilling Channel crossings pledge ‘complicated’ in wide-ranging ConservativeHome interview

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson downfall was ‘not my doing’, says Rishi Sunak

PM says clash with Boris was about economic policy – and insists UK still ‘foreign policy superpower’ after Brexit

The Independent UK

Sunak: Being PM is ‘incredible privilege’ despite drawbacks of public life

During a ConservativeHome interview, Rishi Sunak also discussed his Hindu faith and said he had a Lord Ganesh statue on his desk in Downing Street.

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