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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Anita Bhadani

Kemi Badenoch launches bid for Prime Minister, while Steve Baker withdraws bid

Badenoch’s voting record reveals that she has never voted on equal gay rights, and has never voted on allowing same sex marriage.

KEMI Badenoch, former UK equalities minister and current Tory MP has announced she is running for Prime Minister, while Tory MP Steve Baker has announced he is dropping his own bid. 

In an op-ed for The Times, Badenoch stated that “people are exhausted by platitudes and empty rhetoric”. She continued to state that she would be arguing for a “strong but limited government”, “lower taxes”, and “tight spending discipline”.

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