Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Dominic Cummings has added to the drumbeat of doom-laden warnings about Kemi Badenoch's future as Tory leader, telling Sky News she is a "goner". 

Boris Johnson's former chief of staff said, as The Independent has reported, that Conservative MPs are already plotting to get rid of her after just six months on the job. 

It should not come as a surprise. From an already low base she has managed to drive the party's poll rating lower - even being overtaken by the Liberal Democrats in one YouGov poll. 

Some thought she would be safe until another set of what are likely to be dire local election results next year. Mr Cummings thinks that is unlikely, adding: "Kemi is going to go, probably this year." 

Written by Archie Mitchell 

Which of these words, each coined by a famous writer, was derived from a fairytale about three princes? A) Pandemonium, B) Serendipity, C) Utopia and D) Yahoo

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Quiz answer: Serendipity, which was coined by Horace Walpole of The Three Princes of Serendip, as Who Wants to be a Millionaire contestant Nicholas Benett found out after incorrectly answering Yahoo for the £1m question

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