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Who might actually win the Tory leadership contest?
The Independent|August 03, 2024
Lost among the tumultuous events of the past week, former immigration minister Robert Jenrick formally launched his campaign bid to lead the mainstream right. Jenrick is up against shadow communities secretary Kemi Badenoch (still the bookies’ favourite), shadow work and pensions secretary Mel Stride, shadow security minister Tom Tugendhat, shadow home secretary James Cleverly, and former home secretary Priti Patel.
- SEAN O'GRADY
Who might actually win the Tory leadership contest?

In words that any of his rivals might easily have uttered, Jenrick declared: “Trust is hard-fought but easily lost. It can’t be restored overnight. But if the party learns the hard lessons, listens to the country and shows the party has changed … I know we can win again. Not in two terms. Not in a decade. But at the next general election.”

Fair enough, but the latest polling from YouGov highlights just how much Jenrick or any of his rivals will have to do….

So what do the public make of the Tory candidates?

It’s fair to say that with riots on the streets there are more pressing concerns, but the broad verdict of the opinion polls is that voters really don’t know much about the six candidates and where they do have an opinion it is overwhelmingly negative.

Who’s winning with the public?

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