Jenrick, who
remains the frontrunner for the job after the party’s conference in Birmingham, has been warned by senior Tories that "...the Braverman clique will have him by the balls" should he win the nomination, despite winning support from the right with a series of uncompromising stances. He has said he would welcome Nigel Farage into the party, leave the European convention on human rights and vote for Donald Trump.
Pretty certain he'd enjoy Cruella cuddling his cojones...til she squeezed him hard on issues like migration.
One shadow minister compared Jenrick to Iain Duncan Smith, the former Tory leader delivered into power by the right, but ultimately unable to widen his appeal to voters. Duncan Smith was removed as leader after just over two years. "The quiet man." Fits, as the latest Opinium poll for the
Observer reveals that more of the public were aware of Phillip Schofield’s return to TV in his programme
Cast Away than had heard about the Conservative conference. Labour still leads in most policy areas with the public, though the two main parties are now tied on the economy.
Kemi Badenoch has taken the biggest knock to her public perception. She received criticism last week for suggesting
maternity pay was “excessive”. Half (49%) of 2019 Conservative voters say Cleverly would be an acceptable leader of the Conservative party, with 41% saying the same of Jenrick, 40% of Tom Tugendhat and 37% of Badenoch.