Kemi Badenoch

We're not just going to say things and figure it out later. We will figure it out. And then when we know how to do it, we can say it. But the why it happened, that failure. Fear of cancellation, that fear of going against the grain is a more fundamental problem. People are so afraid of challenging bad orthodoxies. There is a terror of being heterodox. And I think that I am on one level an outlier.

You know how you describe yourself as being extreme on this? Well, for me, it is an outlier when it comes to Telling the truth and challenging orthodoxies and nothing will stop me from saying it. And a lot of people think that I'm very combative. If you look at almost every single argument I have had where people have said that it was because somebody was lying or being inaccurate.

You know how you describe yourself as being extreme on this? Well, for me, it is an outlier when it comes to Telling the truth and challenging orthodoxies and nothing will stop me from saying it. And a lot of people think that I'm very combative. If you look at almost every single argument I have had where people have said that it was because somebody was lying or being inaccurate.

You know how you describe yourself as being extreme on this? Well, for me, it is an outlier when it comes to Telling the truth and challenging orthodoxies and nothing will stop me from saying it. And a lot of people think that I'm very combative. If you look at almost every single argument I have had where people have said that it was because somebody was lying or being inaccurate.

And I hate that. We have to tell the truth. And you've gone through this thing. where you say something and a lot of people agree with you, but they're all afraid of speaking out. People are afraid of being labeled. They're afraid of being called climate change skeptics. They're not able to speak up for themselves. And so they stay quiet. And that's how it happens.

And I hate that. We have to tell the truth. And you've gone through this thing. where you say something and a lot of people agree with you, but they're all afraid of speaking out. People are afraid of being labeled. They're afraid of being called climate change skeptics. They're not able to speak up for themselves. And so they stay quiet. And that's how it happens.

And I hate that. We have to tell the truth. And you've gone through this thing. where you say something and a lot of people agree with you, but they're all afraid of speaking out. People are afraid of being labeled. They're afraid of being called climate change skeptics. They're not able to speak up for themselves. And so they stay quiet. And that's how it happens.

It's all part of the proliferation of identity politics, which goes well beyond race and religion and so on. It's even the identity of ideas. We are environmentalists. So this is what we believe in. You've got to do all these tick boxes.

It's all part of the proliferation of identity politics, which goes well beyond race and religion and so on. It's even the identity of ideas. We are environmentalists. So this is what we believe in. You've got to do all these tick boxes.

It's all part of the proliferation of identity politics, which goes well beyond race and religion and so on. It's even the identity of ideas. We are environmentalists. So this is what we believe in. You've got to do all these tick boxes.

And with no one challenging or those few people who are challenged labeled as climate change deniers, I should say, they're not worried about being called skeptics. They're worried about being called climate change deniers and being ostracized. So they stay with the herd. What's everybody saying? All right, I want to be with that crowd. And you add on top of that the diminishing of free speech.

And with no one challenging or those few people who are challenged labeled as climate change deniers, I should say, they're not worried about being called skeptics. They're worried about being called climate change deniers and being ostracized. So they stay with the herd. What's everybody saying? All right, I want to be with that crowd. And you add on top of that the diminishing of free speech.

And with no one challenging or those few people who are challenged labeled as climate change deniers, I should say, they're not worried about being called skeptics. They're worried about being called climate change deniers and being ostracized. So they stay with the herd. What's everybody saying? All right, I want to be with that crowd. And you add on top of that the diminishing of free speech.

And you suddenly get a place where people are afraid to point out what's going wrong. And that's how we ended up with net zero. And throughout my time as a minister, I was constantly challenging it, saying no to things. I got some of the laws we had scaled back. But one person cannot change everything unless they are the leader and unless they are the prime minister. It all starts from the top.

And you suddenly get a place where people are afraid to point out what's going wrong. And that's how we ended up with net zero. And throughout my time as a minister, I was constantly challenging it, saying no to things. I got some of the laws we had scaled back. But one person cannot change everything unless they are the leader and unless they are the prime minister. It all starts from the top.

And you suddenly get a place where people are afraid to point out what's going wrong. And that's how we ended up with net zero. And throughout my time as a minister, I was constantly challenging it, saying no to things. I got some of the laws we had scaled back. But one person cannot change everything unless they are the leader and unless they are the prime minister. It all starts from the top.

How's that? Does that explain it?

How's that? Does that explain it?

How's that? Does that explain it?

And it's why I don't point fingers and blame. I just say, this is what we need to do. And, you know, I love the Reagan slogan of never speak ill of a fellow conservative. There's just no time for that. People just need to know there's a new leader. She does things differently. But one of the other things that I think is such a scam is that people don't know what other countries are doing.