Kemi wins
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:
- 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.