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The Spectator Kyle Kinnie The Spectator Kyle Kinnie

Ed West & Niall Ferguson: Kemi vs Robert - Who Would Be the Best Tory Leader?

I have nothing against Robert Jenrick. I have never met him. I have never read him. And I strongly suspect he has never read Tom Sowell—and that is the point. Jenrick is such an archetypally uninspired Tory frontbencher that he’s earned the nickname ‘Robert Generic’, whereas Kemi has convictions. She has principles. This is hard for generic Tories to take. ‘She doesn’t suffer fools gladly,’ I have heard it said.

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