2024-11-04
31 分钟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
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.