The UK Conservatives seem to be strapped for cash. The final two candidates have to donate £150k each to the party (CCHQ) which is on top of the £50k the final four have already donated. And everyone wonders why top Tories are so easily bought by donors.
Fascinating report on the Bella Centre in Dundee on @channel4news.bsky.social tonight.
So according to this, Cleverly wins against Jenrick and loses to Badenoch. Big argument for Badenoch to deploy for any of the Tugendhat supporters who don't want Cleverly to win. I can't imagine that either Jenrick or Badenoch would do a deal to secure a place in the final two.
Cleverly looks to have hoovered up all the Stride votes there, plus one from Tugendhat, with two switching to Badenoch from Jenrick. Fight very much on for second place now. Can Jenrick/Badenoch strip any of the Tugendhat vote that you would assume would go Cleverly?
So Kemi Badenoch, whose party has spent weeks attacking Keir Starmer for registering use of a flat from a party donor, has been secretly using the flat of another millionaire donor, currency trader and Tufton Street think-tanker to run her own campaign www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Kemi Badenoch is running her Tory leadership campaign from the house of a wealthy donor, despite the Conservative Party’s criticism of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for using a top Labour fund-raiser...
Badenoch opposes identity politics, but will defend Young Conservatives who are apparently attacked because of their identity.
Ed Miliband is going to have to declare a lot of donations. He's living rent-free in the heads of these Tory leadership candidates.
Badenoch: The Conservative Party reverses decline. Counterpoint - the past 14 years.
And now Badenoch. She'll be walking back this speech by about half way through. She's promising us the truth. Can we handle it?
Who gave you the £75k then, Bob?