Badenoch Dismisses Farage Alliance, Pushes Tory Energy Plan

0:00On March 31st, Kimmy Badena, the new conservative party leader, shut down any talk of teaming up with Reform UK after a voter suggested it during her. Herfford Shire visited on Tuesday. She's made it clear multiple times that a pre-election pact with Nigel Farage's crew is off the table, calling it a total non-starter. She was there pushing the Tory plan to scrap value added tax on energy bills for three years, blaming the Middle East War for spiking costs. A passerby shouted out that he liked her scientist and business vibe and urged her to link up with Nige, Badenaq just laughed politely in the moment. Later, she explained why it's a no-go, saying Reform pushes for bigger government and more welfare spending, while conservatives hold the real. Center write ground. She called the voter encounter a rare surprise, noting most folks she meets don't push for party mergers to be labor. Badenaq's pun recent jumps from Tories to Reform, like Robert Generick and Suella Braverman

1:00as her doing spring cleaning on party troublemakers. She's framing her leadership as fresh starts with bold ideas, including more North Sea oil and gas drilling to lock in cheap, reliable energy and slash bills. Labor's energy secretary Ed Miliband fired back that extra drilling won't budge prices since they're tied to global markets no matter the source. With local elections looming, Badenaq's betting on going it alone to rebuild trust.