Katy Balls wonders whether Tory MPs think “classic Kemi is the antidote the party needs, and one the country can warm to” (The combative ‘anti-woke warrior’: why the Tories are starkly divided over Kemi Badenoch, 2 August). The Tory leadership’s preferences are, of course, a matter for them, but the ascendency of politicians as combative as Kemi Badenoch should concern us all.
Divisiveness may be an unfortunate consequence of policy, but when it is the product of attitude, temperament or inclination, it is surely indefensible – and Badenoch is squarely in the latter category. This matters because the case for improving the tenor of political discourse is undeniable, and its degradation is surely attributable to the kind of dogmatic, tin-eared stridency to which Badenoch owes her reputation.
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