In case you feared that the onslaught of political essays by wannabe (and current) prime ministers was beginning to dry up, fear not! Kemi Badenoch has entered the debate with her own riposte to the Labour boys. In a letter published by the Times, the Tory leader declares that Sir Tony Blair’s legacy is a country ‘run by HR’. She also lambasts the former prime minister for introducing the Human Rights Act and paving the way for net-zero diktats.

Turning her ire to the current crop of Labour leadership contenders, Badenoch describes the race to prove who has the stronger socialist credentials as ‘embarrassing’ and warns that the party has embarked on a battle........

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