Kemi Badenoch

It is because we are not racist, because we care so much about equality that we have overcorrected and actually brought in rules that are actually discriminatory.

Modern Britain is the least racist country on Earth.

It should be a shield, not a sword.

We do not need to replace the duty, we need to explain to people that they should do their jobs.

The Conservative Party wants to fight for oil and gas, fight for Aberdeen, fight for Scotland.

We have the right people, we have the right plan, we are serious and we’re a united team.

He should be first minister, he’s the only person of all the party leaders in Scotland who knows what he’s doing – I have complete faith in him.

Russell Findlay is the best person right now to be running the Scottish Conservative Party.

On all the doorsteps, a lot of people are telling us that this is the right thing, people have asked me to save the city, they feel that Aberdeen is dying.

We have the best candidate, we have the best plan for Aberdeen, that is to get Britain drilling again.

Every meeting I have with Labour MPs is about who we can tax so we can pay more benefits

It is time to root out all identity politics from state institutions.

That trust has been broken because of what happened, and I agree with them on that.

We should stop trying to look for different ways to divide people and look for ways to bring people together.

I believe that I am English when it comes to that civic identity. It's where I live. It's where I love, it's the football team that I support. But it's not in my blood.

Not any time soon. No, I don't think we're potentially in a civil war scenario now. But if we don't sort it now, then we're leaving a much worse country to our children.

Parties which do that, politicians who do that, they may get to benefit in the short term, but in the long term, that's how you end up with civil war.

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…

The circumstances around Henry’s wrongful arrest and tragic murder must be a wake-up call to the entire country and our institutions that every life matters, and it is the responsibility of everyone in this House to bring people together…

Everyone knows I have strong views about how we should deal with equality under the law. What the family agreed with me on is that we need to bring common sense back, and that is what we should all be fighting for.

The people of Makerfield and Britain deserve the opportunity to vote for a party that is committed to reducing the welfare bill, that champions business and understands the perils of nationalisation.

We must also be prepared to examine, carefully and seriously, religious practices or exemptions that permit the carrying of dangerous weapons in public, and other activities that are not conducive to the public good.

They have asked that we work across political parties and religions to rebuild trust in the police. That trust has been broken because of what happened, and I agree with them on that.

I have said that we need to find what we have in common, not what separates us.

This has been Badenoch’s mantra for years. As equalities minister in the last Conservative government she oversaw a controversial report on racial disparities which largely downplayed the role of institutional and structural factors.