Kemi Badenoch’s victory lap
6/24/202614 min
Supercharged by a by-election victory in Aberdeen South and Starmer’s resignation, Kemi Badenoch delivered a drive-by at PMQs today. She took aim at members of Starmer’s cabinet in succession: Rachel Reeves, Ed Miliband and Bridget Phillipson. Starmer’s line is that he is handing over the country in a better position than he found it; Badenoch’s is that, if it is all going so well, why is he resigning? She has a point.
She also highlighted the spectacle of many in Starmer’s government posing for a photo with Andy Burnham on his return to Westminster yesterday. The Prime Minister should feel ‘betrayed’, she said. Again, she has a point. Is this Badenoch at her best? And how will she fare against Burnham?
Oscar Edmondson speaks to Isabel Hardman and Noa Hoffman.
Produced by Oscar Edmondson.
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[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Coffee House Shots, the Spectator's daily politics podcast. I'm Oscar Edmondson. I'm joined today by Isabel Hardman and Noah Hoffman. Now, we just had PMQs, which was a bit of a drive-by really