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Kevin Schofield
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Labour client journalist and member of the right-wing MSM, apparently. Also political editor of HuffPost UK.
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 4d
"I don’t want much really, just for her not to be weird."

As the Tories gather for their party conference, the pressure is on Kemi Badenoch to turn around their fortunes.

But is she doomed already?

The HuffPost weekend political read is here 👇

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/can-ke...
Can Kemi Badenoch Turn It Around – Or Is She Doomed Already?
"I don’t want much really, just for her not to be weird," said one senior Tory.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 3h
EXCL: PM facing Labour rebellion over Digital ID.

No10 setting up "outreach" meetings to win over unhappy MPs.

MP says: "Overtures from them won’t shift people and those who support it think No.10′s reverse Midas touch has tainted it for another 5 years.”

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
Exclusive: Keir Starmer Facing Mounting Labour Rebellion Over Digital ID Cards
MPs believe Downing Street's "mishandling" of the policy has set it back five years.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 5h
Some snap analysis of Kemi Badenoch's big speech.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/kemi-b...
Kemi Badenoch Can Announce All The Tax Cuts She Wants. No One Truly Believes She'll Ever Be Prime Minister
The Tory leader is unlikely to still be in post this time next year.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 6h
BREAKING: Kemi Badenoch announces a Tory government led by her will abolish stamp duty
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 1d
"Do you hold Jews responsible for the mass killing, starvation and destruction in Gaza? And if you say no, are you nonetheless suppressing anger against Jews who don’t speak out against Benjamin Netanyahu’s government? If so, you are an anti-semite."

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/itvs-r...
ITV's Robert Peston In Passionate Plea To End Anti-Semitism And 'Love Our Neighbours'
The veteran broadcaster said "hatred of Jews is proliferating, not just here but all over the world".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 1d
Three years ago Liz Truss addressed the Tory conference as party leader and PM.

Now she is openly mocked by frontbenchers from the main stage.

A remarkable turnaround

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/robert...
Robert Jenrick Mocks Liz Truss In Brutal Tory Conference Jibe At Former Party Leader
The shadow justice secretary took aim at his one-time colleague.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 1d
Full story here 👇

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/starme...
'Show Some Humanity': Starmer Urges Pro-Palestine Protesters Not To Attend October 7 Demos
"Just because there is a freedom to protest doesn’t mean that you should necessarily go ahead."
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 1d
The HuffPost UK splash this morning
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 1d
'You're Gaslighting Voters': Victoria Derbyshire Roasts Top Tory Over His Party's Record In Office

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/youre-...
'You're Gaslighting Voters': Victoria Derbyshire Roasts Top Tory Over His Party's Record In Office
The Newsnight presenter came armed with receipts.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 1d
Ex-Tory mayor Andy Street slams Robert Jenrick's claim part of Birmingham is "a slum" with "no white faces".

"If you go along the main streets there you will see Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims, Christians, African and Caribbean ... and of course white people"

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/top-to...
Top Tory Slams Robert Jenrick For Saying Part Of His City Is A 'Slum' With 'No White Faces'
Former mayor Andy Street hit back at the shadow justice secretary on Newsnight.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 1d
Keir Starmer tells students planning pro-Palestine demos today, the 2nd anniversary of the October 7 attacks on Israel by Hamas, it is "un-British to have so little respect for others".

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/starme...
'Show Some Humanity': Starmer Urges Pro-Palestine Protesters Not To Attend October 7 Demos
"Just because there is a freedom to protest doesn’t mean that you should necessarily go ahead."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 2d
'Show Some Humanity': Starmer Urges Pro-Palestine Protesters Not To Attend October 7 Demos

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/show-s...
'Show Some Humanity': Starmer Urges Pro-Palestine Protesters Not To Attend October 7 Demos
"Just because there is a freedom to protest doesn’t mean that you should necessarily go ahead."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 2d
Former Tory cabinet minister tells HuffPost UK that for his party to come back, Labour needs to be "less shit".

"We've a toxic cocktail of people thinking we were shit and now Labour are shit, so let’s just blow the whole thing up."

Story 👇

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/can-ke...
Can Kemi Badenoch Turn It Around – Or Is She Doomed Already?
"I don’t want much really, just for her not to be weird," said one senior Tory.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 2d
Labour MP Polly Billington: "Now we know what putting Reform in charge means: huge promises about savings, then failing to find any. That’s what they’re doing in local government and it’s what they’d do to Britain.”

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reform...
Reform-Run Council Set To Put Taxes Up After Musk-Style Plan To Slash Spending Fails
"That's what they're doing in local government and it's what they'd do to Britain."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 2d
PM's spokesman on Tommy Robinson: "That individual does not speak for the decent, tolerant, patriotic majority of this country."

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/keir-s...
Keir Starmer Condemns Israeli Minister's Decision To Invite Tommy Robinson To His Country
Amichai Chikli described the far-right agitator as a "British patriot" in the wake of last week's synagogue attack.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 4d
Kemi Badenoch says she'll take the UK out of the ECHR.

It's fair to say she's been on a journey in the past year ...

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/kemi-b...
Kemi Badenoch Says She Would Take Britain Out Of The ECHR. But She Used To Say It Was A Bad Idea
What could possibly have happened to change her mind?
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 4d
"I don’t want much really, just for her not to be weird."

As the Tories gather for their party conference, the pressure is on Kemi Badenoch to turn around their fortunes.

But is she doomed already?

The HuffPost weekend political read is here 👇

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/can-ke...
Can Kemi Badenoch Turn It Around – Or Is She Doomed Already?
"I don’t want much really, just for her not to be weird," said one senior Tory.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 5d
Can Kemi Badenoch Turn It Around – Or Is She Doomed Already?

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/can-ke...
Can Kemi Badenoch Turn It Around – Or Is She Doomed Already?
"I don’t want much really, just for her not to be weird," said one senior Tory.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 5d
'Shame On You': David Lammy Heckled At Vigil For Synagogue Attack Victims

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/shame-...
'Shame On You': David Lammy Heckled At Vigil For Synagogue Attack Victims
The justice secretary was told to "go back to Palestine".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 5d
Kemi “Last time I checked, Northern Ireland did vote to leave.”

Interviewer: "NI voted to remain."

Kemi: "Scotland voted to remain, a lot of people in Northern Ireland voted to remain, you’re right."

In a hole, Badenoch decides to keep digging

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/kemi-b...
Kemi Badenoch Mocked After Wrongly Saying Northern Ireland Voted To Leave EU
The Tory leader got it badly wrong in an interview ahead of her party's conference.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 5d
'Clueless': Kemi Badenoch Mocked After Wrongly Saying Northern Ireland Voted To Leave EU

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/kemi-b...
Kemi Badenoch Mocked After Wrongly Saying Northern Ireland Voted To Leave EU
The Tory leader got it badly wrong in an interview ahead of her party's conference.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 5d
Shabana Mahmood Urges Pro-Palestine Protesters Not To March This Weekend

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/synago...
Synagogue Attack: Shabana Mahmood Urges Pro-Palestine Protesters Not To March This Weekend
"Sometimes a little unity, a little solidarity, some love and friendship to other people is required."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 5d
NEW: Home secretary Shabana Mahmood urges pro-Palestine protesters to consider not taking part in marches this weekend.

"Imagine if you lost a loved one to a terror attack in this country ... sometimes a little unity, a little solidarity, some love to other people is required"
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 6d
No, Keir Starmer Did Not Tell Labour To 'Take Up Arms Against The Enemy'

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/no-kei...
No, Keir Starmer Did Not Tell Labour To 'Take Up Arms Against The Enemy'
Reform UK's Richard Tice made the shocking claim live on TV.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 6d
Not the greatest backdrop to a make-or-break party conference ...

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/tory-c...
Tory Civil War Erupts As Theresa May Slams Badenoch's Plan To Scrap Net Zero Target
The former prime minister joined other senior Conservatives in condemning the party leader.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 6d
'Beyond Cruel': Woman Who Has Been In UK For 25 Years Slams Farage Deportation Plan

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/beyond...
'Beyond Cruel': Woman Who Has Been In UK For 25 Years Slams Farage Deportation Plan
LBC presenter Ben Kentish told her: "You've contributed massively to this country."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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