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It is the most enormous honor to be elected to this role, to lead the party that I love, the party that has given me so much,
Badenoch said to a group of Conservative Party members after being announced the winner To all intents and purposes, I am a first-generation immigrant,
Badenoch said after being elected to Parliament in 2017. Numbers matter, but culture matters more,
Badenoch said on immigration Labour are screwing everything up. We have a real chance now.”
One grinning Tory MP said They (the Conservative Party) are not more approachable because of the fact that they've now got a Black person,
said Imani Samuels, a student She should be proud of that, and she should step forward with her Blackness, because to have such a position and to be Black and a woman should be something she's very proud to say."
Asked about Badenoch's comment on her skin color, Samuels replied I think biding our time is a sensible approach for a party in our position.”
Martin Vickers, vice-chair of the 1922 Committee, said If the Tories want to go round the country opposing every new public investment, they can be our guests.”
The chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, Pat McFadden, added If Kemi Badenoch opposes this budget, then she has to tell the country if she opposes investment to cut waiting lists, investment to recruit teachers and investment to build critical infrastructure. Labour has made its choices, now the Tories need to make theirs.”
Speaking to the Observer, Reeves said Unless they make a reasonable offer to people on public services, most obviously the NHS, then for all [their] talk about boats, bathrooms and boilers, it’s not going to make much difference.”
Now we have fixed the foundations of our economy, I am going for reform,
I can't wait to be a weekend appointment to listen to,
said the 62-year-old, who joined LBC back in May Doing well with a smile."
She continued to tag Bristol Labour MP Darren Paul Jones as she added Kemi is clever. She will learn on the job,
says a Conservative MP who is friendly towards her She will be brilliant or she will be a disaster,
I am somebody who wants the color of our skin to be no more significant than the color of our hair or the color of our eyes."
Asked at the Conservative Party conference earlier this year how it would feel to become the first Black woman leader of the party, she said I'm not a wallflower. And people will often take your strengths and present them as weaknesses,
I'd like to congratulate Kemi Badenoch on being elected leader of the Conservative Party
And Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey added Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke Badenoch as Tory leader
And Josh Babarinde, the Lib Dem MP whose father is Nigerian, added It is time to get down to business, it is time to renew,
