Even Thatcher had it tough at the start, I’m getting better every day so give me more time, demands Kemi Badenoch

KEMI BADENOCH has pleaded with her restless party to give her more time – likening her early days in the job to the “really, really tough” start that was experienced by the Tories’ first female leader, Margaret Thatcher.

Six months into what is currently the hardest job in politics, the polls are grim — an average of recent surveys puts Reform on 25 per cent, Labour on 24 and the Conservatives on just 21.

Tory party leader Kemi Badenoch pleads for patience amid concerns over upcoming...