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Kemi Badenoch on the ‘victim mentality’ of Farage and the left | Political Currency
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53:08Now PlayingOur first summer interview sees Ed Balls sit down with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch. They discuss the big issues in modern politics: Andy Burnham, Reform, immigration and more.
She explains how ‘Kemi’s Conservatives’ differ from the party under her predecessors, and how she is standing out as the common sense alternative to ‘victim mentality’ of Farage and the left.
Ed presses her on why the last Tory government didn’t address the grooming gangs issue, what led to sacking Robert Jenrick, and if the Tories really won’t do a deal with Reform ahead of the next election…
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