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Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick are the final two in the Tory leadership foot-shooting contest – 44 top reactions
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Kemi Badenoch opposition leader
On behalf of satire can I just say thank you so very much Tories. https://t.co/Cb4v4TeLms
— Tom Jamieson (@jamiesont) October 9, 2024
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The one who gets angry about mums getting maternity pay versus the one who gets angry at refugee kids looking at pictures of Mickey Mouse.
— Blair McDougall MP (@blairmcdougall) October 9, 2024
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Labour: we will not engage in culture wars.
Tories: buckle up, because that’s all we’ve got baby!
— Matt Green (@mattgreencomedy) October 9, 2024
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"We voted for the wrong leadership candidates by mistake" pic.twitter.com/NwphppyKgz
— Scarred for Life (@ScarredForLife2) October 9, 2024
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“It looks like the Tories have just thrown away the next election. But here’s why that’s a problem for Keir Starmer.” pic.twitter.com/p5g60IDkOB
— Mark Hammond (@MarkHam80780803) October 9, 2024
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Jenrick or Badenoch? Rather like voting for vomiting or diarrhoea.
— Keith Burge (@carryonkeith) October 9, 2024
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So Keir Starmer has won the Tory leadership contest. Well done.
— Brendan May (@bmay) October 9, 2024
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“So did you vote for Badenoch or Jenrick?” pic.twitter.com/PQVA8IJUvy
— Rob B (@RobBfromDerby) October 9, 2024
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"Again, master?" pic.twitter.com/gXOs08mkCx
— John O'Shea (@politicalhackuk) October 9, 2024
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Lots of theories. But reality is some MPs decided to be too smart. Small group of Cleverly backers wanted to knock out Kemi. Basically watched too much West Wing and wanted to show they were players.
— (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) October 9, 2024
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The one red line they couldn't cross pic.twitter.com/wcFsGyCB6s
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) October 9, 2024
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We go live to Conservative Party Headquarters pic.twitter.com/zzcovmr9bi
— Andrew Hunter Murray (@andrewhunterm) October 9, 2024
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So the Tory party has whittled it down to the 2 most dislikeable candidates they could find. A deeply arrogant belligerent bully and a grim opportunist who thinks goose-stepping off to the far right will give him power.
No one responsible or decent votes for those two horrors.— sarah murphy (@13sarahmurphy) October 9, 2024
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The next leader of the Conservative party will be Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick.
A woman who called maternity pay excessive & said 5-10% of civil servants should be in prison.
Or a man who argued English identity is being undermined by multiculturalism & "woke culture".
Wow.
— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) October 9, 2024
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I am once again reminded of George Osborne telling me, in 2005, that Tory MPs were "the most sophisticated electorate in the world". Your views of the truth of this may vary.
— Robert Hutton (@RobDotHutton) October 9, 2024
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I once got knocked out of a leadership race because I got my supporters to vote for the candidate I wanted to face in the final round. pic.twitter.com/gUdvY0HDZU
— Colin the Dachshund (@DachshundColin) October 9, 2024
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This is the choice. This is the best they've got to offer. I don't know whether to laugh at them or feel sorry for them. pic.twitter.com/aWa3JXz31V
— Pete (@Sarf_London) October 9, 2024
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I haven't laughed this much since "IDS" https://t.co/GrZr3eF2XP
— Otto English (@Otto_English) October 9, 2024
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A Tory MP says: "The party’s fucked. The public will look at us at the next election and think 'these people haven't learned a thing'. But we’ll probably be doing this again in 18 months anyway."
— Aubrey Allegretti (@breeallegretti) October 9, 2024
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James Cleverly: "Let's be more normal"
Tory MPs: "Let's not"— Parody Keir Starmer (@Parody_PM) October 9, 2024
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The only way Badenoch and Jenrick can now secure victory is to prove that they are the most right-wing.
By dawn, one of them must invade Poland.
— Danny Wallace (@dannywallace) October 9, 2024
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James Cleverly can console himself with the knowledge that he'll be able to run again for the leadership of the Tory Party in about eighteen months.
— Michael Glasper (@MichaelCGlasper) October 9, 2024
Never dismiss the possibility that the incompetent hand of Grant Shapps isn’t somehow involved.
I think I've found out what happened https://t.co/pDroqYkOC1
— Henry Mance (@henrymance) October 9, 2024
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