Andy Street hints he might not vote in Tory leadership contest because there’s no moderate candidate – UK politics live
Former West Midlands mayor says he is not going to back either Robert Jenrick or Kemi Badenoch publicly Andy Street, the Conservative former West Midlands mayor, has hinted that he may decline to vote for either of the two candidates left in the Tory leadership contest.Kemi Badenoch, who is seen as the favourite, and Robert Jenrick are both now firmly on the right of the party. Street, who was West Midlands mayor for seven years until he was narrowly defeated by Labour in May, is on the opposite wing of the party, and is seen as a “moderate” or “centrist”.I’ve got my ballot paper. But you’re not going to get me to do that, I’m afraid.I was clear before the previous two rounds that I wanted a candidate from the centre, the moderate part of the party. I backed Tom Tugendhat publicly. I’m not going to back anyone publicly now.I will decide that myself. The answer to that is private.Everyone saying “no we can’t let the NHS use a proper joined up digital patient database, it’s all part of a plot to privatise British healthcare and sell your data” should be forced to read the dozens (hundreds?) of case studies like these Continue reading...
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Former West Midlands mayor says he is not going to back either Robert Jenrick or Kemi Badenoch publicly
Andy Street, the Conservative former West Midlands mayor, has hinted that he may decline to vote for either of the two candidates left in the Tory leadership contest.
Kemi Badenoch, who is seen as the favourite, and Robert Jenrick are both now firmly on the right of the party. Street, who was West Midlands mayor for seven years until he was narrowly defeated by Labour in May, is on the opposite wing of the party, and is seen as a “moderate” or “centrist”.
I’ve got my ballot paper. But you’re not going to get me to do that, I’m afraid.
I was clear before the previous two rounds that I wanted a candidate from the centre, the moderate part of the party. I backed Tom Tugendhat publicly. I’m not going to back anyone publicly now.
I will decide that myself. The answer to that is private.
Everyone saying “no we can’t let the NHS use a proper joined up digital patient database, it’s all part of a plot to privatise British healthcare and sell your data” should be forced to read the dozens (hundreds?) of case studies like these
Continue reading...
