Kemi Badenoch
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This is not something to be embarrassed or ashamed about. And my being very much on the right is that mix of the cultural conservatism, because I want us to preserve the things that are amazing here. And one of the things that is amazing is the classic liberalism, not the postmodern, you know, sort of corruption of that. And a lot of what I see that has gone wrong is the corruption of liberalism.
This is not something to be embarrassed or ashamed about. And my being very much on the right is that mix of the cultural conservatism, because I want us to preserve the things that are amazing here. And one of the things that is amazing is the classic liberalism, not the postmodern, you know, sort of corruption of that. And a lot of what I see that has gone wrong is the corruption of liberalism.
And I gave a speech in December where I said liberalism has been hacked, that people have found the weakest points and are twisting it to do things it shouldn't be doing. And you need muscular liberals to defend their turf. And instead what they've been doing is giving away their turf. And that is how we ended up with a lot of the extreme gender ideology, uh,
And I gave a speech in December where I said liberalism has been hacked, that people have found the weakest points and are twisting it to do things it shouldn't be doing. And you need muscular liberals to defend their turf. And instead what they've been doing is giving away their turf. And that is how we ended up with a lot of the extreme gender ideology, uh,
And I gave a speech in December where I said liberalism has been hacked, that people have found the weakest points and are twisting it to do things it shouldn't be doing. And you need muscular liberals to defend their turf. And instead what they've been doing is giving away their turf. And that is how we ended up with a lot of the extreme gender ideology, uh,
coming into play because it wore the clothes of the gay rights movement. It's nothing like that. And that's how we saw a lot of the craziness of critical race theory, the BLM movement set race relations in a terrible negative territory, but it wore the clothes of the civil rights movement. And you need people who are in touch with reality who can say, no, this is not real. This is not true.
coming into play because it wore the clothes of the gay rights movement. It's nothing like that. And that's how we saw a lot of the craziness of critical race theory, the BLM movement set race relations in a terrible negative territory, but it wore the clothes of the civil rights movement. And you need people who are in touch with reality who can say, no, this is not real. This is not true.
coming into play because it wore the clothes of the gay rights movement. It's nothing like that. And that's how we saw a lot of the craziness of critical race theory, the BLM movement set race relations in a terrible negative territory, but it wore the clothes of the civil rights movement. And you need people who are in touch with reality who can say, no, this is not real. This is not true.
And I think that is something which I am lucky to have that I just don't get detached from everyday life. I know what is real and what isn't. And I am amazed that we have politicians, including the British prime minister, who will say things like 99% of women don't have a penis, as if 1% of women do. This is just not real.
And I think that is something which I am lucky to have that I just don't get detached from everyday life. I know what is real and what isn't. And I am amazed that we have politicians, including the British prime minister, who will say things like 99% of women don't have a penis, as if 1% of women do. This is just not real.
And I think that is something which I am lucky to have that I just don't get detached from everyday life. I know what is real and what isn't. And I am amazed that we have politicians, including the British prime minister, who will say things like 99% of women don't have a penis, as if 1% of women do. This is just not real.
And if a politician is prepared to tell you something that we all know is not true, then what else will they tell you?
And if a politician is prepared to tell you something that we all know is not true, then what else will they tell you?
And if a politician is prepared to tell you something that we all know is not true, then what else will they tell you?
So what are the preconditions? And there's a lot to unpack in what you've just said. So you are right. I force myself to always try and look at our country from an outside lens. And that's how I know that it is, in my view, you will differ. You will disagree because you're in Canada. This is the best place to be. Despite a lot of efforts to change it, it still is wonderful.
So what are the preconditions? And there's a lot to unpack in what you've just said. So you are right. I force myself to always try and look at our country from an outside lens. And that's how I know that it is, in my view, you will differ. You will disagree because you're in Canada. This is the best place to be. Despite a lot of efforts to change it, it still is wonderful.
So what are the preconditions? And there's a lot to unpack in what you've just said. So you are right. I force myself to always try and look at our country from an outside lens. And that's how I know that it is, in my view, you will differ. You will disagree because you're in Canada. This is the best place to be. Despite a lot of efforts to change it, it still is wonderful.
So you're asking, what are the preconditions? In my view, having a high trust society is so critical. People need to be able to trust each other. And the problem with having lots of different groups and lots of different group identities other than one shared group identity, is that no matter how hard you try, people will compete with each other, even when they look exactly the same.
So you're asking, what are the preconditions? In my view, having a high trust society is so critical. People need to be able to trust each other. And the problem with having lots of different groups and lots of different group identities other than one shared group identity, is that no matter how hard you try, people will compete with each other, even when they look exactly the same.
So you're asking, what are the preconditions? In my view, having a high trust society is so critical. People need to be able to trust each other. And the problem with having lots of different groups and lots of different group identities other than one shared group identity, is that no matter how hard you try, people will compete with each other, even when they look exactly the same.