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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
John Crace

Kemi Badenoch provides masterclass in how to lose friends and influence

Kemi Badenoch
‘Kemi Badenoch’s default mode of interaction is always to be patronising and condescending.’ Photograph: Thomas Krych/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

Why make friends, when it’s so much easier to make enemies? Kemi Badenoch’s default mode of interaction is always to be patronising and condescending.

She can’t help herself. It’s a narcissistic variant. She is unable to imagine herself as anything other than always right about everything. Even when she has been forced to change her mind. So, in her mind, anyone who disagrees with her or dares to even question her is automatically branded as stupid. Hardly worth her time bothering with them.

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