We need to be warned that Jenrick and Badenoch - let’s be really punk and call them Bobby and Kemi - are going to spit in the street, have long hair, trash hotel rooms and generally set a bad example.
I agree that "hard-right" and similar terms are overused to describe positions with reasonable public support, especially on immigration, crime, and "woke" stuff. But at the same time, these candidates genuinely are a long way to the right of the British public on a bunch of issues. Would it be reasonable to frame Kemi Badenoch's comments that the maternity leave allowance is too generous as "hard right", for example? I imagine if you asked the British public their support for reducing maternity leave, it would be about as popular as a cup of cold sick.
I agree that "hard-right" and similar terms are overused to describe positions with reasonable public support, especially on immigration, crime, and "woke" stuff. But at the same time, these candidates genuinely are a long way to the right of the British public on a bunch of issues. Would it be reasonable to frame Kemi Badenoch's comments that the maternity leave allowance is too generous as "hard right", for example? I imagine if you asked the British public their support for reducing maternity leave, it would be about as popular as a cup of cold sick.