Well that was jolly fun. Kemi Badenoch gave Keir Starmer an almighty pasting at PMQs, predictably lacerating him over the anonymous briefings about Wes Streeting. But – in fairness to Labour’s forces of darkness – the Health Secretary has not exactly been shy about his future intentions. As he told the Guardian in June 2023, he has ‘never been ashamed of aiming high and going as far as my talents will take me.’
And now, an old clip is circulating on the Tory WhatsApp groups. It was filmed in 2018 and features a succession of MPs being asked who will be Prime Minister in ten years’ time. Some of the predictions have fared better than others. Tim Loughton, the former Sussex MP, predicted Kemi Badenoch – a more probable prediction than the nomination of Jeremy Corbyn by Paul Sweeney, Preet Kaur Gill, Rupa Huq and John Woodcock.
But Steerpike’s eye was caught by the final contribution in the trailer, filmed for Matt Forde’s Unspun series. Watch until the end…
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