‘Who is Kemi Badenoch, is she a Christian, and would she be a good leader for the UK?’

Kemi Badenoch joined six other initial contenders for leadership of the Conservative Party. Sharmila Meadows takes a look at the politician’s background and believes Badenoch would, ’challenge and expose the government robustly and with tenacity and courage.’

There was a moment last summer when actor David Tennant, speaking at the British LGBT awards, said he hoped for a day when then Minister for Women and Equalities, Kemi Badenoch “doesn’t exist anymore” and would “shut up”.  It was a worrying sign of the times and of a cultural landscape that has militantly imposed its beliefs and hijacked free speech. A landscape that Badenoch has had the courage to address.