Kemi Badenoch has been elected the 19th leader of the UK Conservative Party. She is the 4th woman and 2nd non-white to lead the party, while UK Labour have had 19 white male leaders in a row. This of course has not stopped a Labour MP calling her a white supremacist in blackface!
Here’s some facts on Badenoch:
Here’s some facts on Badenoch:
- Her name is Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke and she married Hamish Badenoch, hence her name of (Olu)Lemi Badenoch
- She is 44, making her the 4th youngest leader
- She was born in London, but lived outside the UK in Nigeria and the US until she was 16
- She has a Master of Engineering degree
- She gained a law degree while working as a software engineer
- She voted for Brexit
- She has been an MP for only seven years
- Has has been Secretary of State for International Trade and Business & Trade
- She cites economist Thomas Sowell as a major influence
- She is a strong opponent of critical race theory
- She is a gender-critical feminist
- She once said 5% to 10% of civil servants are leak and agitate against Ministers, and should be in prison
- She has three children, aged from five to 12.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders.
3 comments:
She may have a good resume, but let's be clear: she was chosen because she is a black woman. God forbid they chose a White guy with generations of ties to Britain - unthinkable!
This is emblematic of the problem with so-called conservative parties across the Western world - they are more concerned with adopting leftist ideas such as egalitarianism and diversity and appealing to the leftist segment of the electorate. Meanwhile, their natural constituency can get stuffed.
Ultimately, there are no opposition parties, just an illusory opposition designed to fool would-be dissenters but that is really onboard with the common program.
The revolving door strikes again. Reminds me of Pete Seeger's famous lyric "Turn turn turn, To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven". Except of course he was simply putting Ecclesiastes 3, 1-8 to music.
Having read and enjoyed some of Kemi’s opinion pieces for the Telegraph, I’m not so sure she’s a diversity pick. She has strong convictions and the courage to express them. I hope she can walk the walk as well as she talks the talk and wish her every success - not for what she is, but for who she is and what she might be able to achieve in her new role.
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