Badenoch's party rival quietly distances himself from her Nazi analogy

Kemi Badenoch compared Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson to a Gestapo officer over VAT removal on private school fees. James Cleverly, who ran against her for the Conservative leadership, said publicly he would not have used the comparison. The remark, made at Prime Minister's Questions, drew Labour condemnation. Cleverly's distancing—pointed but stopping short of explicit rebuke—signals internal party discomfort with the framing.