Can Kemi Badenoch make the Tories electable again?

凯米·巴德诺克能否让保守党再次当选?

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2024-11-04

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The Conservative party has elected a new leader – one with a combative reputation. Isabel Hardman reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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  • This is the Guardian.

  • Today, she's the straight talking software engineer who is not afraid of a fight.

  • Meet the new leader of the Conservative Party.

  • Kemi Badenoch made history on the weekend when she became the first black woman to lead a political party in Europe.

  • Therefore, I give no that Kebby Badenoch is elected as leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party.

  • And I welcome her to the stage.

  • And isn't it great we've got another female leader?

  • And isn't it great that we're the first great party, the first party to have a black leader of the party.

  • Another glass ceiling shattered, but she thinks.

  • That'S the least interesting thing about her.

  • How would it feel to be the.

  • First black leader of the party in this country?

  • I don't know.

  • I haven't done it before.

  • I'm sure it'll be interesting.

  • But I am somebody who wants the color of our skin to be no more significant than the color of our hair or the color of our eyes.

  • She's the fourth woman to lead the Conservatives, but she's also their sixth leader in just nine years, taking the reins after a particularly tumultuous period in British politics.

  • In her victory speech, she admitted that the Tories had made mistakes.

  • To be heard, we have to be honest.

  • Honest about the fact that we made mistakes, honest about the fact that we let standards slip.