Get Tough, Kemi

An effort at fair-mindedness makes me want to say to Kemi Badenoch’s critics that she needs to be given more of a chance. Even if the Conservatives could find a leader who combined the staunchness of Churchill, the deftness of Disraeli and Peel’s day-to-day competence, they would struggle to answer the objection: “Your party had 14 years to sort this mess out, yet you made it worse.” It’s a poisoned chalice and the remarkable thing is that anyone is either public spirited — or self-deluded — eno...