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James Cooray Smith's avatar

Right, so she’s effectively the weirdo divorced Dad archetype but as a middle aged woman.

Like Badenoch she has the problem that the people most like to agree with her positions are the people most likely to object to her existence.

I sort of feel sorry for her.

SpaceCaptainSmith's avatar

Given how much money she obviously has, I wouldn’t! She’ll be fine whatever happens in the election.

Chris P's avatar
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It’s hard to believe she’s the same person from a decade ago, once a feminist and open-minded, now she seems fuelled by bitterness after her marriage ended. She’s followed the predictable path from Tory to Reform grifter: failed businesses, Bitcoin schemes, and Liz Truss selfies.

Much like Zia, she’s a 'disgraced' Muslim who has turned on her own community. Despite her Egyptian heritage, she attacks migrant families just like the one she came from. It’s a transparent play for power; she’s weaponising fake news and people's insecurities to line her pockets and boost her status. She won’t win, but the fact that she might come in second is a wake-up call. I really hope Labour puts forward a stronger candidate. Sadiq Khan has done some good stuff but it's time for a change.

Don's avatar

Wasn’t it Reform who declared that people from non-white backgrounds (such as the children of immigrants, as Cunningham is) weren’t really British, even if they’d been born here?

Chris P's avatar

Unless they are wealthy and support Farage....

Adam Price's avatar

Strange to mention and repeat her claims about ‘rising violent crime’ earlier in the article and mention her focus on crime rates at the end without providing the context around crime in the borough, my understanding was that those are actually going down overall.

John Webb's avatar

She sounds like an opportunistic attention seeker. That family hotel business? If it's in Sussex Gdns then the clientele around there are very transient, backpackers, sketchy people with hard to pin down backgrounds. I lived in Westbourne Grove for 40 years, I recognise her type. What a hypocrite! She's learned how to fit in the circles she frequents. Another rich cosmopolitan stoking the resentment of struggling Londoners. Pretty despicable, she will go low in her mayoral campaign I warrant.

Megan Darby's avatar

good profile but I'm left wondering what does Farage see in her?

Mosh Jahán's avatar

Her dermatology advantage for Reform.

Mosh Jahán's avatar

Nigel Farage is thinking that London's Muslims will be easily tricked. His offer to London's hard of critical thinking is, "Look, I've got an alternative Muslim for you!"