Badenoch’s interview with the Times has come out. Some choice quotes:
The Tory leader also commented on the party’s improvement in the polls: “No one was listening, voters weren’t ready to hear from me. I needed time; it doesn’t mean we are in a perfect place yet, I suspect it will take at least two years for the public to really want to listen and we have a difficult set of local elections coming up.” Difficult indeed…
Co-conspirators may remember the big Tory battle over Islamic garments from last year. Brings a tear to your eye…
In Henry Mance’s piece today for the FT, lunching with Nigel Farage:
“Splendido!” Farage says, when the drinks arrive; I suppose it’s a step to European reconciliation. We clink glasses, and he lights the first of two back-to-back Benson & Hedges. A few minutes later, we’re back downstairs. “Are you drinking? Good.” He orders a glass of Sauvignon blanc for each of us — not a bottle, “because it’s Lent” — followed by a bottle of claret, to have with our meal. They say Farage drinks less than he used to. They say a lot of things.”