Today, Newscast hears from Kemi Badenoch who has made it into the final two of the Conservative leadership race. Kemi speaks to Adam and Chris about her early life in Nigeria and her political journey, she reflects on her reputation for being direct in interactions with colleagues, and why she’s pitching principles rather than policies to attempt to win over the Conservative membership. She discusses her time in government, what she believes the party has got wrong and how she’ll try to change the party if she wins. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming and Chris Mason. It was made by Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Andrew Mills. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.
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Hello.
Chris and I have been chatting to Kemi Badenoch in the Newscast studio in Westminster.
She is half of the final two contenders for the Tory leadership.
And you can find our interview with the other half, Robert Jenrick, in the podcast feed a little bit further down the list.
So here is our interview with Cammy Badenoch in full on this bonus extra episode of Newscast.
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Kemi Badenoch.
Hello.
Hello.
Welcome to Newscast.
Thank you.
And as I always remind people, there is no bad in Badenoch.
That's the phrase, isn't it?
I'm finding that running for leader has been very helpful in seeding the correct pronunciation of my name.
But of course, it's not.
It's not usual in Scotland.
The place is called Badenoch, but my husband's family have Anglicized it to Badenoch.
That's the root of it changing.