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Conservative MP Christopher Chope sparks a backlash after suggesting Kemi Badenoch could not be the leader of the opposition because she spends "a lot of time with her family".

Conservative MPs have whittled down the six leadership candidates to the final two – and now the vote goes out to the party membership.Over the next two weeks, Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick will fight it out up and down the country.

Conservative leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch is "preoccupied with her own children", a Tory MP has said, telling ITV that "you can't spend all your time with your family" while being Leader of the Opposition.

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Sir Christopher Chope faces criticism as he suggests Badenoch could not commit to the demands of being party leader.

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Kemi Badenoch ‘preoccupied with her children’ says Conservative MP - Veteran Tory Sir Christopher Chope said ‘you can’t spend all your time with your family as at the same time being Leader of the Opposition’.