“I don't want to be the last PM of the UK.”

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Kemi Badenoch: “It was all Labour this, Labour that, their factions, their issues. I'm not sure that he is aware of what the country's…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2026
It was all Labour this, Labour that, their factions, their issues. I'm not sure that he is aware of what the country's priorities are and if he's become prime minister without that then I think he's going being for a rude awakening, to use his own words.
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Kemi Badenoch
Conservative Party
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Critique of Burnham's first speech as Labour leader.

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