Kemi Badenoch launches Tory leadership bid as she vows to wage war on woke

“What was interesting to me about Kemi Badenoch’s piece in The Times today was her focus on nasty identity politics, which I think is going to be a big part of her pitch.”

Positioning herself as a “culture warrior” could backfire on Kemi Badenoch’s leadership bid because voters “aren’t interested” in those issues, says The Times columnist Rachel Sylvester.

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