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Katy Balls

Katy Balls is political editor at The Spectator. She writes a fortnightly column for i on Westminster politics.

Article thumbnail: LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 5: Minister for Immigration Robert Jenrick leaves a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street on September 5, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Katy Balls

Robert Jenrick is the dark horse of the Tory leadership race

Suella Braverman and Kemi Badenoch will fight to be the candidate of the right

Katy Balls

Defeated Liz Truss and Jacob Rees-Mogg are already back out on manoeuvres

Katy Balls

Not all Tories think it's over - they are already plotting their way back

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Nigel Farage’s mistake was peaking too early

Katy Balls

The awkward question being whispered in the Labour Party

Article thumbnail: Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (L) and Leader of the Scottish Labour party Anas Sarwar (R) visit a window supply company, in Whitburn, Bathgate, Scotland on June 21, 2024 as part the Labour general election campaign in the build-up to the UK general election on July 4. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP) (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (L) and Leader of the Scottish Labour party Anas Sarwar (R) visit a window supply company, in Whitburn, Bathgate, Scotland on June 21, 2024 as part the Labour general election campaign in the build-up to the UK general election on July 4. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP) (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Article thumbnail: NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 19: Executive Chairman, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair speaks onstage during the 2023 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York on September 19, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit)
Article thumbnail: NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 19: Executive Chairman, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair speaks onstage during the 2023 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York on September 19, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit)