Kemi Badenoch: Can't Keep Blaming Labour.

When Rishi Sunak declared there would be a general election on 4 July could he have known the cataclysmic defeat he would face? Perhaps not even a prophet could have seen the defeat the Tories would face. Rishi must have known he would be the last in a line of disastrous Conservative Prime Ministers. 14 years of destruction wrought on the poorest amongst us. And so it was, Rishi was booted out of office, followed by Sir Keir Starmer.

The defeat that Sunak underwent was worse than John Major's in 1997. The Tories are now reduced to 121 MPs, with 99 Liberal Democrats, and 5 Reform MPs. The Tories so often styling themselves as the natural party of government. Twice with this arrogant mindset the Tories have been shown the door by the electorate. Once in 1997 and now in 2024. So the Tories find themselves in the wilderness once more.

The Tories still with Sunak at the helm are considering which way they should go politically. Candidates are lining up to replace the hapless Sunak. The Tory hopefuls are Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly, Dame (Dame really?) Priti Patel, Tom Tugendhat, Mel Stride, and Kemi Badenoch. Two leaders will be laying out their stall today on why Tory members should elect one of them to be Leader of the Conservatives. Those candidates are James Cleverly and Kemi Badenoch.

Kemi Badenoch's speech will run as follows: the Conservative Party cannot just sit on its hands and blame Labour. Unless the Conservatives can offer something as an alternative to Labour they should shut up! Badenoch has said it's no good carrying on with the same old rhetoric. She said this is why the Conservatives lost and to rehash it is suicide.

We will know who the new leader will be by November. Whoever the leader is, they have to remould, remodel, and get the Tories on track. Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour Party are the government for the next 5 years. The way back for the Tories though may not be that easy. The Lib Dems with 99 MPs are breathing down the Tories' necks, Reform is rising in the polls, and the future looks bleak for the Tories.

Some are asking the question: "What is the point of the Tories and the candidates standing"? Do the Tories even constitute an official opposition? How can they hold the Labour government to account when they failed so miserably on multiple issues? Failed on the NHS, failed to stop the boats and God knows how many other things!

The successors to Rishi Sunak might speak about renewal. However, they are tarnished by everything that the Tories did when they were in power. Just as Sunak tried to distance himself from the failures of the Johnson administration. When he was involved in it hook, lime, and sinker. It may be tempting for Tory members to vote for a right-of-centre candidate. To combat the rise and rise of Reform which are described as hard-right. However, what is hard-right to many may be what many British people are crying out for. Just like the AFD and their recent success proves. A far- left party has also done well in recent state elections in Germany. People will turn to extreme parties left or right, when they feel the establishment parties are not listening to them.

We see such things being played out in the US with the presidential elections. The US faces a choice of voting for the same old thing in Trump or giving a relatively unknown Kamala Harris a go. As this election carries on polls show Harris might have a slight lead. However, each candidate appears to be stealing the other's clothes. Trump seems to have softened his tone on some issues, whereas Harris is pinching some of Trump's ideas.

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