Badenoch apologises for local election results as Reform warned there are ‘no simple answers’ – UK politics live | Politics

Badenoch apologises for local election results as Reform warned there are ‘no simple answers’ – UK politics live | Politics

Badenoch apologises for local election ‘bloodbath’ in op-ed

Kemi Badenoch has apologised for the “bloodbath” of the local elections in an op-ed piece on Saturday for the Telegraph.

The Conservative party leader wote:

After last year’s historic defeat, and with protest votes cutting across every ballot box, we knew Thursday would be hard. I’m deeply sorry to see so many capable, hard-working Conservative councillors lose their seats. They didn’t deserve it – and they weren’t the reason we lost.

In the piece, Badenoch explained that as party members were voting in the final round of the Conservative party leadership contest, an unnamed male MP took her aside in parliament and warned “the May 2025 locals are going to be a total bloodbath”. She acknowledged that the prediction was right: “The results confirm he was correct. But to be honest, it wasn’t a controversial prediction to make.”

She added:

These local election results show the scale of the work needed to rebuild trust in the Conservative party and the importance of redoubling our efforts to show that this party is under new leadership and is doing things differently.

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Keir Starmer has congratulated Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese on his election victory.

In a statement shared on X, Starmer said:

Congratulations to Anthony Albanese on your election win. The UK and Australia are as close as ever – which goes to show that long-distance friendships can be the strongest.

I know that we will continue to work together on our shared ambitions, including on trade, investment and energy, working towards a better life for working people in the UK and Australia.

Our collaboration on defence, especially the Aukus programme, will continue to grow, and as fellow steadfast supporters of Ukraine we will continue to stand together against Putin’s illegal war for as long as it takes.

Keir Starmer and Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, pictured during the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Samoa in October 2024. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
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