Kemi Badenoch

I had a very interesting and varied childhood. I was born in London, I was born in Wimbledon, but purely by accident. It was not by design. My mother, who's a professor of physiology, had an obstetric referral. And her doctor said, you need to go see this doctor in the UK.

I had a very interesting and varied childhood. I was born in London, I was born in Wimbledon, but purely by accident. It was not by design. My mother, who's a professor of physiology, had an obstetric referral. And her doctor said, you need to go see this doctor in the UK.

I had a very interesting and varied childhood. I was born in London, I was born in Wimbledon, but purely by accident. It was not by design. My mother, who's a professor of physiology, had an obstetric referral. And her doctor said, you need to go see this doctor in the UK.

And, you know, she had me at a private hospital at a time when if you were born in the UK, you got citizenship automatically, which she was unaware of. And my childhood was us coming on holiday back and forth to the UK. We lived in the US for about a year. She had a fellowship there. So I come from a very academic family, not just my parents, but their siblings and so on.

And, you know, she had me at a private hospital at a time when if you were born in the UK, you got citizenship automatically, which she was unaware of. And my childhood was us coming on holiday back and forth to the UK. We lived in the US for about a year. She had a fellowship there. So I come from a very academic family, not just my parents, but their siblings and so on.

And, you know, she had me at a private hospital at a time when if you were born in the UK, you got citizenship automatically, which she was unaware of. And my childhood was us coming on holiday back and forth to the UK. We lived in the US for about a year. She had a fellowship there. So I come from a very academic family, not just my parents, but their siblings and so on.

And she had a fellowship at the University of Nebraska. So a lot of my early childhood memories, really vivid ones, are actually of Omaha. And the snow and the first grade.

And she had a fellowship at the University of Nebraska. So a lot of my early childhood memories, really vivid ones, are actually of Omaha. And the snow and the first grade.

And she had a fellowship at the University of Nebraska. So a lot of my early childhood memories, really vivid ones, are actually of Omaha. And the snow and the first grade.

So my family are from Nigeria, Lagos, so the southwest, the very sort of cosmopolitan city that's by the Atlantic. And I don't know how much of the history you know, but Nigeria was a very wealthy country in the 70s. And it was a country on the up. Post-colonial times, they discovered oil. So I was an oil boom baby. And it was at the height of the oil boom.

So my family are from Nigeria, Lagos, so the southwest, the very sort of cosmopolitan city that's by the Atlantic. And I don't know how much of the history you know, but Nigeria was a very wealthy country in the 70s. And it was a country on the up. Post-colonial times, they discovered oil. So I was an oil boom baby. And it was at the height of the oil boom.

So my family are from Nigeria, Lagos, so the southwest, the very sort of cosmopolitan city that's by the Atlantic. And I don't know how much of the history you know, but Nigeria was a very wealthy country in the 70s. And it was a country on the up. Post-colonial times, they discovered oil. So I was an oil boom baby. And it was at the height of the oil boom.

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.