William Hague

Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch. BBC/PA

Who's afraid of the redoubtable Reeves women? Not new Tory leader Kemi
Gone are the days when new employees would be sent for a tin of tartan paint, a long weight, or other jokey requests. In certain trades, however, there are still induction processes to go through, tests that have to be passed. For new party leaders these include the acceptance speech to the party faithful, the first Prime Minister’s Questions, and the first major broadcast interview. Kemi Badenoch, the new leader of the Conservative Party, did the first on that list on Saturday and will do the second on Wednesday. The third took place on BBC1’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. So how did the heir to Thatcher, Major, Hague, Cameron, et al fare? Well, it was different.

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