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Kemi Badenoch is no cartoon villain. Labour underestimates her at its peril | Sonia Sodha

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Tory MPs have spent six weeks whittling down six candidates to two , who will now be put to a ballot of party members.

James Cleverly , who led in the penultimate MP ballot, dropped to last place in final round.

Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick are the two candidates to his right.

Both candidates suffer from poor approval ratings with the public.

Those on the left suffer from cognitive dissonance when it comes to rightwing politicians of colour.

To be brown or black and rightwing is seen as a betrayal.

A Badenoch leadership could be an unmitigated disaster for the Tories but could also go better than her detractors assume.