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James Cleverly's return is the boost Kemi Badenoch needs right now

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Former leadership rivals Kemi Badenoch and James Cleverly are now on the same team (Image: Chris Radburn/PA Wire / Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The return of Sir James Cleverly is an important vote of confidence in Kemi Badenoch. When big beasts are on the backbenches, pundits start wondering if they are biding their time before taking another run at the leadership – or if they simply do not think the present leader will make it to Downing Street.

Sir James has sent out an important message by joining Mrs Badenoch’s team. It is as if he is saying: “If I believe in Kemi enough to serve under her, you should certainly for.”

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A party which had just 121 MPs elected last year cannot afford to have top talent on the sidelines. Sir James brings battle-forged experience as a former Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary.

It is also a signal Mrs Badenoch does not want to remake the Tories in the image of Reform UK.

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Sir James is up for a scrap with Nigel Farage’s party – and with any former colleagues who defect to it. Last week he described Reform as a “repository for disgruntled former Conservatives”.

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James Cleverly at last year's Conservative party conference (Image: Getty)

Eighteen of the Lib Dems’ expected top 20 target seats are held by the Conservatives. Sir Ed Davey’s party will do everything it can to portray the Tories as Right-wing ideologues who have lost touch with the concerns of ordinary voters; Mrs Badenoch can dispatch Sir James to assure constituents in swing seats that he is focused on improving the quality of their lives.

His military background is also valuable as the country jolts awake to the threats to Britain’s national security. And as a former co-chairman of the party, he has an acute understanding of what makes the typical Tory activist tick.

With the Conservatives on 17% in the polls, behind Labour on 22% and Reform on 29%, the party is in a battle for electoral survival. With Sir James by her side, Mrs Badenoch heads into this fight with a stronger team and a top lieutenant whose eyes are set on victory.