Kemi Badenoch

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.

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.

That's number one. And complacency means that people stop looking after things because they think it's always going to be like that. And there are a large number of people across our cultural establishment, even the political establishment, I would say, in fact, it's probably especially the political establishment, who are suffering from what I call cargo cult syndrome.

That's number one. And complacency means that people stop looking after things because they think it's always going to be like that. And there are a large number of people across our cultural establishment, even the political establishment, I would say, in fact, it's probably especially the political establishment, who are suffering from what I call cargo cult syndrome.

That's number one. And complacency means that people stop looking after things because they think it's always going to be like that. And there are a large number of people across our cultural establishment, even the political establishment, I would say, in fact, it's probably especially the political establishment, who are suffering from what I call cargo cult syndrome.

Do you know what I mean by cargo cult syndrome? You should explain it for people, though. Okay, so just to summarize and paraphrase, In World War II, there was a plane that would drop supplies on a Pacific island, and the islanders saw air traffic control, people moving their arms, they saw runways had been drawn, and eventually a plane would come around and drop the food.

Do you know what I mean by cargo cult syndrome? You should explain it for people, though. Okay, so just to summarize and paraphrase, In World War II, there was a plane that would drop supplies on a Pacific island, and the islanders saw air traffic control, people moving their arms, they saw runways had been drawn, and eventually a plane would come around and drop the food.

Do you know what I mean by cargo cult syndrome? You should explain it for people, though. Okay, so just to summarize and paraphrase, In World War II, there was a plane that would drop supplies on a Pacific island, and the islanders saw air traffic control, people moving their arms, they saw runways had been drawn, and eventually a plane would come around and drop the food.

And after the plane stopped coming, they wanted the food supplies to return. So they drew lines on the ground and they made the hand signals, but they didn't understand why the food was no longer coming. Why were the planes not coming? And it is what happens when people have a very superficial observation of what is happening and assume that they understand it all and they know everything.

And after the plane stopped coming, they wanted the food supplies to return. So they drew lines on the ground and they made the hand signals, but they didn't understand why the food was no longer coming. Why were the planes not coming? And it is what happens when people have a very superficial observation of what is happening and assume that they understand it all and they know everything.

And after the plane stopped coming, they wanted the food supplies to return. So they drew lines on the ground and they made the hand signals, but they didn't understand why the food was no longer coming. Why were the planes not coming? And it is what happens when people have a very superficial observation of what is happening and assume that they understand it all and they know everything.

They don't test themselves. They don't really query. And I see that behavior in a lot of politics. Just today, we had a chancellor who went out and made a whole bunch of announcements. Oh, we're going to do this. We're going to do that. And said, we're delivering growth. That is not how growth is created. Announcements are not policy.

They don't test themselves. They don't really query. And I see that behavior in a lot of politics. Just today, we had a chancellor who went out and made a whole bunch of announcements. Oh, we're going to do this. We're going to do that. And said, we're delivering growth. That is not how growth is created. Announcements are not policy.

They don't test themselves. They don't really query. And I see that behavior in a lot of politics. Just today, we had a chancellor who went out and made a whole bunch of announcements. Oh, we're going to do this. We're going to do that. And said, we're delivering growth. That is not how growth is created. Announcements are not policy.

But many politicians have just seen that you stand up and you say, we're going to do this. And they imagine that there's an army of minions somewhere that make the thing happen. This is what happened with our immigration policy. The ministers would say, the prime minister would say, we're going to cut immigration, vote for us.

But many politicians have just seen that you stand up and you say, we're going to do this. And they imagine that there's an army of minions somewhere that make the thing happen. This is what happened with our immigration policy. The ministers would say, the prime minister would say, we're going to cut immigration, vote for us.

But many politicians have just seen that you stand up and you say, we're going to do this. And they imagine that there's an army of minions somewhere that make the thing happen. This is what happened with our immigration policy. The ministers would say, the prime minister would say, we're going to cut immigration, vote for us.

And an assumption that we've said it, of course, the people who are responsible for doing it will make it happen. It was complacency. And I hate it because... I always felt that immigration in this country was too high, but I did know that we needed to get good people coming in high skilled because other people were leaving and you needed to replace that.

And an assumption that we've said it, of course, the people who are responsible for doing it will make it happen. It was complacency. And I hate it because... I always felt that immigration in this country was too high, but I did know that we needed to get good people coming in high skilled because other people were leaving and you needed to replace that.

And an assumption that we've said it, of course, the people who are responsible for doing it will make it happen. It was complacency. And I hate it because... I always felt that immigration in this country was too high, but I did know that we needed to get good people coming in high skilled because other people were leaving and you needed to replace that.