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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
John Crace

Don’t mention the Iron Dome: comedy genius Kemi on warpath at Tory conference

Badenoch, wearing a white trouser suit, walks towards the camera
Kemi Badenoch arriving for media interviews at the Tory conference. Or is it a remake of The Truman Show? Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Just another day in Crapland. It’s amazing what you can get used to. You can’t say the Tories haven’t put a lot of thought into their party conference. It takes some programming skill to make every day even more dismal than the last. You come expecting very little and get even less.

Schopenhauer would be in dreamland. The very act of being has never felt so inconsequential. Yet there’s something very comforting about this. You leave the Birmingham theme park attraction feeling better about yourself than when you arrived. Who knew abject failure could be so much fun? You find yourself congratulating some members on being able to dress themselves. A curious hybrid of an endangered species and care in the community?

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