Kemi Kaze Channels Her Inner Samuel Beckett at PMQs: Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better

Tory cheers for their leader are just a muted, half-arsed Pavlovian response. They can barely manage to look her in the eye

- John Grace

It's becoming existential. First Tory MPs began to wonder if there was any point to them being in Westminster. Out of power. Out of control. And next to nothing to look forward to.

Now Conservatives are starting to have the same thoughts about Kemi Badenoch. At first they believed she was an exciting breath of fresh air. Someone ready to get stuck into any culture war.

But within a few months the excitement has worn off. Kemi Kaze is just the latest in a long line of disappointments. She's not the Messiah. Just a hollow woman whom they can barely manage to look in the eye. Their cheers for her are just a muted, half-arsed Pavlovian response. We're here because we're here because we're here.

Put bluntly, Kemi Kaze needs to do something and quick. Each week of underperformance only adds to her and the party's unease. But we're in a vicious circle. Because she's bright enough to realise that nothing she can say or do will make a difference.