The Spectator | Farage is wrong on McDonald’s – Kemi Badenoch's leadership pitch @SpectatorTV | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 51 minutes ago.
There are four remaining candidates hoping to become the next leader of the Conservative party. Kemi Badenoch is the Conservative MP for North West Essex previously serving as the Secretary of State for Business and Trade in the last government. In 2021, she was promoted to the role of Minister for Equalities, where she championed various initiatives aimed at promoting fairness and inclusion across society. Kemi speaks to The Spectator's political editor Katy Balls about why the party wasn't ready for a general election, how she proposes to tackle issues like net zero, free speech and immigration and why the smoking ban was the least Conservative policy of the past 14 years.

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