Kemi Badenoch: Argentinian president Javier Milei would be ‘template’ for my government

Asked whether the UK needed its own Milei and whether she herself fits that role, Badenoch said: ‘Yes and yes.’ Photograph: Lucy North/PA

Kemi Badenoch has said she aspires to become Britain’s version of Javier Milei, the Argentinian far-right, chainsaw-wielding president whose driving mission is slashing the size of the state.

Asked whether the UK needed its own Milei and whether she herself fit that role, Badenoch, whose party is languishing in third place in the polls, said: “Yes and yes.”