PMQs was going reasonably well for Tory leader until she began to find her own argument too worthy and started hurling insults instead
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e hear a lot about the Keminaissance these days. Not least from Kemi herself. She is amazing, the best thing to have happened to the Tories since … Liz Truss. We are fantastically lucky to have her in our lives. She is a miracle worker. All that’s required is a bit of gratitude for her magnificence. We are not worthy.
There’s just one problem. There’s really no evidence to support this analysis. The Tories were in the high 20s in the polls when Badenoch took over as Tory leader and they now bump along consistently around 17. Which is where they have been for the duration of The Great Kemi Revival (TM). The Tories are a mere footnote in the Gorton and Denton byelection. If there is a rebirth of the Tories as a serious political party, no one seems to have told the rest of the country.
Maybe there’s more going on than first appears. That without Kemi the Tories would be in an even worse position. On the edge of extinction. Or it’s just possible that the Kemi cabal are colluding in a collective fantasy. Seeing only what they want to see. All based on a handful of performances at prime minister’s questions in which she got the better of a prime minister who was already on the ropes and was there for the taking by anyone. All Kemi had needed to do was remain standing and stick to a basic script.
