Former British Foreign and Home Secretary James Cleverly has announced his candidacy for Mayor of London, promising a "classically Conservative" campaign and claiming that his victory would serve as a springboard for Kemi Badenoch to become Prime Minister.
James Cleverly has left the Shadow Cabinet to run for Mayor of London, a decision he refuses to link to any rightward shift by the Conservative Party leadership under Kemi Badenoch. The former Foreign and Home Secretary insists his departure is not an ideological escape.
Facing his critics, he defends a clear strategy: to run a "classically conservative" campaign in the British capital. A victory in London, he argues, would bolster Badenoch's national credibility and help him conquer Downing Street.
Cleverly attacks his potential opponents without restraint. He accuses the outgoing mayor Sadiq Khan of having "lost his passion for the job", and targets Andy Burnham, governor of Greater Manchester, often mentioned as a possible Labour candidate, whom he describes as "very anti-London".
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