"Centrist ideas are no longer wanted in the Conservative party, Kemi Badenoch has said, arguing that one nation-type Tories or others who have qualms about her rightward direction for the party need to get out of the way. Making a speech in Westminster intended to set out her vision for her party after a spate of recent defections to Reform UK, the Conservative leader hit out at what she called the tantrum of Robert Jenrick and others."
"They need to recognise the agenda which I'm setting, she said, when asked about the efforts by Street and Davidson. I'm the leader of the Conservative party, not anyone else. And it is what I think needs to happen that they need to support. Anybody who is trying to push an agenda that is not what I got, not the platform I stood on, is not being helpful."
Kemi Badenoch demands that centrist and one-nation Conservatives accept her rightward agenda or step aside. She rejects the centrist group launched by Andy Street and Ruth Davidson and allows only assistance that aligns with her platform. The platform prioritises cutting immigration, opposing net-zero policies, slashing social security, and lowering taxes. Badenoch frames the party as moving steadily to the right under her leadership and emphasises that the Conservatives must be truly Conservative. She signals no regret for centrists who leave and insists those who disagree with the new direction should make way.
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