Kemi Badenoch has said it would be wrong to think a change of leader would “fix everything” after the Conservatives suffered heavy losses in English local elections.The Tory leader told the BBC her party would “come out fighting” after losing 674 council seats and control of 16 authorities.But she cautioned against a knee-jerk response, saying the party’s issues were “not going to be fixed after six months” of her leadership.She said: “Reform had a good night. We had a bad night. And what this shows for a lot of people who hoped that just changing leader again would fix everything is that that’s not going to be enough. We tried that previously. And that brought us to a historic defeat.”Speaking to the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, Badenoch said protest was “in the air” in these local elections and argued her party was working on a “slow and steady” plan to return to government by the end of the decade.She said: “We are going to come out with the policies that people want to see, but what we are not going to do is rush out and tell the public things that are not true just so we can win votes.”This is not about winning elections; this is about fixing our country. Yes, of course, you need to win elections to do that, but you also need a credible plan.”Asked if it was feasible that Reform UK leader Nigel Farage could be the next prime minister, she said “anything …
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[mwai_chat context=”Let’s have a discussion about this article:nnKemi Badenoch has said it would be wrong to think a change of leader would “fix everything” after the Conservatives suffered heavy losses in English local elections.The Tory leader told the BBC her party would “come out fighting” after losing 674 council seats and control of 16 authorities.But she cautioned against a knee-jerk response, saying the party’s issues were “not going to be fixed after six months” of her leadership.She said: “Reform had a good night. We had a bad night. And what this shows for a lot of people who hoped that just changing leader again would fix everything is that that’s not going to be enough. We tried that previously. And that brought us to a historic defeat.”Speaking to the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, Badenoch said protest was “in the air” in these local elections and argued her party was working on a “slow and steady” plan to return to government by the end of the decade.She said: “We are going to come out with the policies that people want to see, but what we are not going to do is rush out and tell the public things that are not true just so we can win votes.”This is not about winning elections; this is about fixing our country. Yes, of course, you need to win elections to do that, but you also need a credible plan.”Asked if it was feasible that Reform UK leader Nigel Farage could be the next prime minister, she said “anything …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]
