Kemi Badenoch

Otherwise, people can appropriate it and almost make it do the opposite of what it was meant to do. And I see this with a lot of UK legislation. We see it with the non-hate crime incidents. This nonsense where people get arrested for saying things online. These laws have been there for 30 years, but the culture is changing. You have judges who think differently about this stuff.

It's the same with the Equality Act. The Equality Act was there as a shield, not a sword. It was there to protect people from discrimination. Started being used to discriminate between different groups. Oh, let's have some positive action. These groups are being treated unfairly, so we'll give them a boost and treat these other people unfairly. You need to guard your text carefully.

It's the same with the Equality Act. The Equality Act was there as a shield, not a sword. It was there to protect people from discrimination. Started being used to discriminate between different groups. Oh, let's have some positive action. These groups are being treated unfairly, so we'll give them a boost and treat these other people unfairly. You need to guard your text carefully.

It's the same with the Equality Act. The Equality Act was there as a shield, not a sword. It was there to protect people from discrimination. Started being used to discriminate between different groups. Oh, let's have some positive action. These groups are being treated unfairly, so we'll give them a boost and treat these other people unfairly. You need to guard your text carefully.

And that needs principles, I think conservative principles.

And that needs principles, I think conservative principles.

And that needs principles, I think conservative principles.

We still queue, by the way. I remember someone showing a video. There was a set of riots that happened about 10, 15 years ago, and the looters were queuing to get into the shop.

We still queue, by the way. I remember someone showing a video. There was a set of riots that happened about 10, 15 years ago, and the looters were queuing to get into the shop.

We still queue, by the way. I remember someone showing a video. There was a set of riots that happened about 10, 15 years ago, and the looters were queuing to get into the shop.

That's a good thing to see. Yes, we still queue. So the question is, what is the thing that is undermining the high-trust nature of our society? And I think it's complacency. And, you know, you talked about the careless immigration policy. This is something that I find unbelievably infuriating. How did this happen? Because everybody thought someone else was dealing with it.

That's a good thing to see. Yes, we still queue. So the question is, what is the thing that is undermining the high-trust nature of our society? And I think it's complacency. And, you know, you talked about the careless immigration policy. This is something that I find unbelievably infuriating. How did this happen? Because everybody thought someone else was dealing with it.

That's a good thing to see. Yes, we still queue. So the question is, what is the thing that is undermining the high-trust nature of our society? And I think it's complacency. And, you know, you talked about the careless immigration policy. This is something that I find unbelievably infuriating. How did this happen? Because everybody thought someone else was dealing with it.

And, you know, whether the ministers thought the civil service was doing it or the civil service thought that the borders were The border people were doing it and so on. At the end of the day, we as the political party in charge have to take responsibility for that. But it's one of the things that I find most frustrating because there is a complacency in this country that it doesn't matter when...

And, you know, whether the ministers thought the civil service was doing it or the civil service thought that the borders were The border people were doing it and so on. At the end of the day, we as the political party in charge have to take responsibility for that. But it's one of the things that I find most frustrating because there is a complacency in this country that it doesn't matter when...

And, you know, whether the ministers thought the civil service was doing it or the civil service thought that the borders were The border people were doing it and so on. At the end of the day, we as the political party in charge have to take responsibility for that. But it's one of the things that I find most frustrating because there is a complacency in this country that it doesn't matter when...

something's happening because everything's going to be okay we are the uk we are a rich country and so everything's going to be fine and it doesn't matter what you do the uk is the uk it's a civilized country people queue and it doesn't matter how many people come in we're always going to be the uk and everything's going to be uh everything's going to be fine it is complacency

something's happening because everything's going to be okay we are the uk we are a rich country and so everything's going to be fine and it doesn't matter what you do the uk is the uk it's a civilized country people queue and it doesn't matter how many people come in we're always going to be the uk and everything's going to be uh everything's going to be fine it is complacency

something's happening because everything's going to be okay we are the uk we are a rich country and so everything's going to be fine and it doesn't matter what you do the uk is the uk it's a civilized country people queue and it doesn't matter how many people come in we're always going to be the uk and everything's going to be uh everything's going to be fine it is complacency

And the complacency comes from, my view, the memories of harder times receding, almost fading from living memory. And by that, I mean war, when people were very alive to the threat from other people, other countries, when you have generations that have grown up where everybody is having a great time and we're not really at war and, you know, I think all of that contributes to the complacency.