"Both Badenoch and Farage now face a crucial period in the run up to the next big electoral test"
GB News: 18th January 2025: Writing for the GB News website, PopCon Director says murmurings in some quarters that the Tories need to be considering yet another leadership contest a mere two months into her tenure need to be quashed – or at least kept to the lunatic fringes
"As the 2025 political year begins, the battle for the control of the centre-right of politics remains front and centre.
In the fight between Reform and the Conservatives, it feels as if the two parties are locked into a protracted semi-final, with the prize being to take on Labour in the grand final of the next election...
...Over the festive season, Nigel Farage seemed to be enjoying himself. Not only were Reform improving their position in the national polls, but Kemi Badenoch made the error of questioning Reform’s membership number, thereby drawing even more attention to the claim that Reform had surpassed the Tories in terms of total signed-up supporters...
However, as the New Year got underway, Farage was under attack from an Elon Musk exocet missile. Musk said Farage wasn’t up to the job and a media storm ensued in which prospects of a $100m donation presumably evaporated...
After a shaky Christmas, Badenoch got off to a strong start by pursuing every avenue to kickstart a national inquiry into the horrors of the child rape gang scandal...
Both Badenoch and Farage now face a crucial period in the run up to the next big electoral test – May’s council elections (which will be reduced in number due to Labour’s sudden desire to reorganise certain tiers of local government)...
For Farage, having managed to generate momentum he now needs to pull of the even harder task of maintaining it..."