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Kemi Badenoch: “This is not a racist country. But now we are seeing more and more hostility to people of every ethnicity, whether…”

On the recordJune 5, 2026
This is not a racist country. But now we are seeing more and more hostility to people of every ethnicity, whether they're English or not English, because people are bringing political conflict into an area where we didn't have political conflict.
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Kemi Badenoch
Conservative Party
Source
bbc.com

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Discussing rising tensions over identity politics in the UK.

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