Kemi Badenoch
The Public Record
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October 16, 2026
We believe in free speech. We believe in a free press. And yes, of course, that might be painful for us as politicians, but public scrutiny is part of the gig.…
— Kemi Badenoch
Most widely reported
by number of sources- This is not just someone that we've picked up who is a convicted criminal - this is somebody who is actively working to help communities, especially Jewish communities.4 sources2026bbc.co.uk
- We are not building the iron dome... we are designing something specific for the kind of threat that we face here.3 sources2026bbc.co.uk
- The world will not wait for Britain to get ready. War has returned to Europe. Missiles and drones are transforming warfare in the Middle East. Cheap weapons can now threaten cities, military bases and critical infrastructure in ways that would have sounded like science fiction a generation ago.3 sources2026theguardian.com
- I have said that the triple lock is our policy and it remains our policy. I don’t think going after pensioners is the right thing when there are loads of people who can work, who won’t work.2 sources2026theguardian.com
- People deserve better and we are going to give them better than that: character, conduct and standards matter.2 sources2026theguardian.com
- I don’t want to explain to my son when we’re watching our brilliant England team play football that some people don’t think our black players are English.2 sources2026theguardian.com
What is important for people to understand, is that where the Scottish Government is doing things that are bad for the people of Scotland, we will intervene, something which I did do when I was in government using the Section 35 powers.
I’ve been very clear, as I did when we intervened with Section 35, when the Scottish Parliament wanted to put men in women’s safe spaces with their self-ID policy.
What we are talking about right now is how to make the people of Scotland richer and better.
All of the gas from Jackdaw goes onto the British grid, so will we now stop faffing about and approve Rosebank and Jackdaw?
If he’d approved them back then, we would have British gas warming British homes this winter.
In July, he said he would approve the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields in the North Sea. What’s he waiting for?
Labour is addicted to welfare and treats income and savings as theirs to take and hand out.
The number of families paying inheritance tax will fall by more than half.
I don’t want to live in a country run by people who threaten journalists, call veterans traitors and debate whether my mixed-race children are English.
Just like M&S, we must learn from our mistakes, win back trust and make people feel good about our party again.
It is going to stop things like drones and missiles, but it’s not going to be exactly like the Iron Dome. We haven’t called it an iron dome.
“it is just the middle classes, mainly farmers who I’ve spoken to, who are literally committing suicide so that their children don’t have to pay it”.
“People” are not taxed twice when inheritance tax is paid, as in each case the individual who earned the money (and paid income tax on it) is by definition no longer with us.
“It is morally right that people don’t get taxed twice,” she told The Sunday Times.
We are going to win for everyone who wants to see our great country united.





