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Kemi Badenoch: UK Conservatives’ new leader fighting ‘left-wing nonsense’

She was a passionate supporter of Brexit and threw her weight behind the much-maligned Rwanda deportation scheme.

Al Jazeera · Nov 4, 2024

Kemi Badenoch's 6 most controversial comments

This weekend, straight-talking Badenoch became the new Tory leader. From maternity pay to Partygate, here are her top clangers  

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2024

Kemi Badenoch makes her first frontbench appointments as Tory leader

Robert Jenrick was named shadow justice secretary, Mel Stride shadow chancellor and Priti Patel shadow foreign secretary

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2024

Kemi Badenoch faces backlash after claiming Covid Partygate row was ‘overblown’

The newly elected Tory leader said the story was exaggerated as she praised Boris Johnson as a ‘great prime minister’

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2024

Video: Kemi Badenoch dismisses Partygate furore in first TV interview as Tory leader

Kemi Badenoch dismissed the furore over Partygate, describing the scandal as "overblown" in her first television interview as the new Tory leader on Sunday, 3 November.

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2024

Partygate was 'overblown', says new Tory leader Kemi Badenoch

Partygate was “overblown” and the Government should not have fined people for “everyday activities” during lockdown, the new Conservative…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 3, 2024

Kemi Badenoch says Partygate scandal was ‘overblown’

New Tory leader calls Boris Johnson a ‘great prime minister’ who fell into a ‘trap’ over Covid rules

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2024

Who is the new Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch? That depends on your perspective

The Guardian speaks to five people who have got to know Badenoch in Whitehall, parliament and on social occasions

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2024

Partygate scandal was ‘overblown’, says Badenoch

Kemi Badenoch said the Government should not have criminalised ‘everyday activities’ during the Covid pandemic.

Evening Standard · Nov 3, 2024

Budget and Badenoch: how two historic moments will redraw battle lines in British politics

Rachel Reeves’s high-spending budget and the new ‘culture warrior’ Tory leader mark sharp divide between government and opposition

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2024