Kemi Badenoch wins close Tory leadership race

Kemi Badenoch has beaten her rival Robert Jenrick by more than 12,000 votes, in an electorate made up of grassroots Tory members.

However the turnout was low and the margins were slim. Ms Badenoch clocked up 56.5% of the vote against Mr Jenrick's 43.5%, making it the closest result of any Tory leadership race ever.

Her often divisive ways have split Conservatives, but now her job as leader is to unite a broken party.

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[HS-mzlh]

“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus.” — Turkish proverb

[wattiewatt]

They don't seem capable of learning from past cock-ups.

[paulkinetic]

It's like a never-ending episode of the Twilight Zone.

[karenrobinson]

How many mistakes can the Tories make?
It just keeps going.

[robtyman]

The Tories:
Let's be as illogical as possible, and choose the wrong person who's completely unsuitable for the

The Public:
Nothing new there

[p]

Its not time to renew its time to reform.

[Blackwater]

Who gives one s*** about her or any of them??

[jackspring]

LOL. It doesn't matter who they select, she's no different to the last one. I still won't be voting tory again.

[jabbadabbajew]

They’re delusional. The race card lost its power 5 years ago. 🤣🤣

[chrisperrycap]

What a mistake by the Tories. The comedy show gets better every day 😂

[Helen-nllv]

Dear God in Heaven. The world has gone mad. No one will ever vote for the Cons again. Can't even look at her on TV.

[bannaubrycheiniog]

This is a bad day for the tories. She's worse than the lettuce.

[poplife]

This is great news a hot mess ....and so are the Tories.

[thomasecosse]

The NEW ''INTERM'' leader of the UK Conservatives, how many weeks before the knives come out?

[Detectoristgold]

Exactly wjat the country needs :-) a young bright new age leader to turn the country around. She is really intelligent and i think trustworthy

[jongarratt]

Badenoch went to that's all anyone needs to know

[HS-mzlh]

God help us all when this is best leader they can come up with

[dulcieogilvie]

Isn’t it time to create policies to help the people of the U.K.?

[CharlesWhite-jf]

Enoch was right. Some people say he was a bad man. Bad Enoch!😂 I think he was a good man who spoke very wise words

[pef]

So happy that Kemi Badenoch has won. Her extremist views mean the Tories will crash and burn. She is NOT a unifying figure.