Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
Kemi Badenoch has frozen out Conservatives to both her political right and left. Which doesn't leave her much to work with when it comes to building support.
So, is she stuck in the middle or stuck in a muddle having mocked Tory hot-heads of the right and wise heads of the (relative) left?
Naomi Smith and Kenny Campbell ask whether the Tory former big guns of Prosper UK are on to something with their grown-up centre-right schtick, and whether they are too dull to get populist cut-through in the age of Farage and memes.
Talking of meme-based populist cut-through, they also look to France…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.