Kemi Badenoch

There was a lot of wealth going on, lots of people, you know, buying homes in Knightsbridge in London at a time when the UK was actually having a downturn. Nobody was really thinking about moving here the way that we see the mass migration now. And it just goes to show just how the fortunes of countries over the latter half of the 20th century changed. have really changed.

There was a lot of wealth going on, lots of people, you know, buying homes in Knightsbridge in London at a time when the UK was actually having a downturn. Nobody was really thinking about moving here the way that we see the mass migration now. And it just goes to show just how the fortunes of countries over the latter half of the 20th century changed. have really changed.

There was a lot of wealth going on, lots of people, you know, buying homes in Knightsbridge in London at a time when the UK was actually having a downturn. Nobody was really thinking about moving here the way that we see the mass migration now. And it just goes to show just how the fortunes of countries over the latter half of the 20th century changed. have really changed.

And by sort of 1995, the country is in a really terrible place. It's been kicked out of the Commonwealth. Universities are on strike. And I, by this point, 96, I'm doing very well in my studies. I have scholarships, part scholarships to go to Stanford. And there's nowhere for me to go. And my mother says, you need to leave the country.

And by sort of 1995, the country is in a really terrible place. It's been kicked out of the Commonwealth. Universities are on strike. And I, by this point, 96, I'm doing very well in my studies. I have scholarships, part scholarships to go to Stanford. And there's nowhere for me to go. And my mother says, you need to leave the country.

And by sort of 1995, the country is in a really terrible place. It's been kicked out of the Commonwealth. Universities are on strike. And I, by this point, 96, I'm doing very well in my studies. I have scholarships, part scholarships to go to Stanford. And there's nowhere for me to go. And my mother says, you need to leave the country.

And by this time, we had discovered that I could come to the UK. It wasn't where she originally wanted me to come to. But I had a family friend who was here and who said, well, why doesn't she come stay in London with me? So my mother said, you should go and stay with her. I will take you. And my dad gave me his last hundred pounds. He spent all his money on the flights.

And by this time, we had discovered that I could come to the UK. It wasn't where she originally wanted me to come to. But I had a family friend who was here and who said, well, why doesn't she come stay in London with me? So my mother said, you should go and stay with her. I will take you. And my dad gave me his last hundred pounds. He spent all his money on the flights.

And by this time, we had discovered that I could come to the UK. It wasn't where she originally wanted me to come to. But I had a family friend who was here and who said, well, why doesn't she come stay in London with me? So my mother said, you should go and stay with her. I will take you. And my dad gave me his last hundred pounds. He spent all his money on the flights.

Exchange rate was terrible. And I came here and it was... just so amazing because I couldn't remember the UK from my early childhood. And it was like watching TV and just thinking the amount of opportunity I had was fantastic, how lucky I was. But also it was at a time where leaving was just something that felt like an escape from a place where no one could escape from.

Exchange rate was terrible. And I came here and it was... just so amazing because I couldn't remember the UK from my early childhood. And it was like watching TV and just thinking the amount of opportunity I had was fantastic, how lucky I was. But also it was at a time where leaving was just something that felt like an escape from a place where no one could escape from.

Exchange rate was terrible. And I came here and it was... just so amazing because I couldn't remember the UK from my early childhood. And it was like watching TV and just thinking the amount of opportunity I had was fantastic, how lucky I was. But also it was at a time where leaving was just something that felt like an escape from a place where no one could escape from.

And I always feel very lucky about that. So I see the UK as a place of hope and opportunity. And one of the things I'm most worried about now is that the country is changing. It's not the same place that I moved back to in 1996. It's not the same place that I came back to. It's changed a lot. And that worries me. So... I think you and I probably have something in common here.

And I always feel very lucky about that. So I see the UK as a place of hope and opportunity. And one of the things I'm most worried about now is that the country is changing. It's not the same place that I moved back to in 1996. It's not the same place that I came back to. It's changed a lot. And that worries me. So... I think you and I probably have something in common here.

And I always feel very lucky about that. So I see the UK as a place of hope and opportunity. And one of the things I'm most worried about now is that the country is changing. It's not the same place that I moved back to in 1996. It's not the same place that I came back to. It's changed a lot. And that worries me. So... I think you and I probably have something in common here.

I think that we are classified as conservatives now, but really what we are conserving is classical liberalism, like the old liberalism, not the horrible postmodern lefty nonsense stuff, but the good stuff.

I think that we are classified as conservatives now, but really what we are conserving is classical liberalism, like the old liberalism, not the horrible postmodern lefty nonsense stuff, but the good stuff.

I think that we are classified as conservatives now, but really what we are conserving is classical liberalism, like the old liberalism, not the horrible postmodern lefty nonsense stuff, but the good stuff.

The Enlightenment values, you know, freedom of speech, you know, things like the presumption of innocence, free enterprise, all of the things that I think helped make this country really great and a lot of the countries around the West slowly being forgotten, being taken for granted.

The Enlightenment values, you know, freedom of speech, you know, things like the presumption of innocence, free enterprise, all of the things that I think helped make this country really great and a lot of the countries around the West slowly being forgotten, being taken for granted.