Well sourced rumours swirl – as Guido pointed out yesterday – of an incoming salvo on Kemi Badenoch in the Sunday papers tomorrow. It’s unlikely any MPs will publicly call for her to go by name, but a number of SW1 chin-waggers suggest discontent may come to the surface in various briefings…
It remains to be seen whether any such stories would have much of an effect (it’s unlikely). As Guido related, the politics of the whole thing is already out in the open…
Kemi Badenoch at the 1922-ConHome bash last night:
“I did praise [Burnham] for his stamina, it was amazing. All I had to do was sit back and lie there. I didn’t have to do anything at all…”