
Who is Kemi Badenoch, the odds-on favourite to become next leader of the Conservative party and possibly a future prime minister? A new tell-all book by writer and Conservative party donor Lord Ashcroft about Badenoch’s life and career aims to answer that question.
After months of research and interviews with Badenoch’s friends and colleagues, Ashcroft and his chief researcher Miles Goslett, a former Evening Standard journalist, have put together the most comprehensive portrait yet of the former business secretary, who grew up in Nigeria and moved to Britain at the age of 16. Here are the key takeaways from the book.