Kemi Badenoch Declares "Brand New Party" After Sir Grant Shapps Rejected as Candidate
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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch stated she leads "a brand new party full of new people" after it was revealed former cabinet minister Sir Grant Shapps was rejected as a parliamentary candidate for the Conservative Party, following his 2024 general election defeat.
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Sir Grant Shapps, a former cabinet minister, was rejected as a Conservative Party parliamentary candidate after losing his seat in the 2024 general election. Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, responded by stating she leads a "brand new party full of new people."
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has told the BBC she leads "a brand new party full of new people" - after it emerged in the Spectator that the former cabinet minister and Tory party chairman Sir Grant Shapps has been rejected as a Conservative Party parliamentary candidate.
Sir Grant, who has declined to comment, served in nine ministerial roles in government as well as co-chairing the party.
In cabinet, he served as home secretary, defence secretary, transport secretary, business secretary, energy secretary and net zero secretary.
He was also a Foreign Office Minister, housing minister and international development minister.
He lost his Welwyn Hatfield seat to Labour's Andrew Lewin in 2024 by 3,799 votes after representing it since 2005.
But his application to stand again for the Conservatives at the next general election has been declined.
One party source told the BBC "it reflects badly on Kemi's temperament. North Korean purges don't work in British politics".
Badenoch told a news conference in central London: "We don't treat our former MPs or our candidates like tittle-tattle for Westminster gossip.
"What I will say is that we're going to be announcing candidates shortly, and you will see that this is a very different party from the one that was removed from government in 2024."
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Conservative Party will announce new candidates shortly.
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Questions ouvertes
- Who are the new candidates?
- What was the specific reason for Shapps' rejection?
- How will this impact party unity?
