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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

Badenoch takes aim at ‘poison of left-wing progressivism’

Kemi Badenoch has sparked criticism for using a speech to attack diversity policies and climate activism while European leaders thrash out a strategy to deal with the increasingly unstable global landscape and tackle the threat posed by Russia.

The Conservative leader was accused of “parroting Donald Trump’s dangerous rhetoric” instead of standing up for national security, after addressing the right-wing Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference in London on Monday.

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