Kemi Badenoch

So it certainly shaped my character, but my family shaped my character a lot more. I was born into a relatively wealthy family and I was born in January 1980. This is just as the oil boom is taking off in the country in the 70s. Everybody's got lots of money and my family is doing well, partly because of that. And

No, no. But he was a doctor who had lots of oil company patients. And he worked for them to some extent as well. They would send their patients to him. So he didn't work for the companies, but he treated them and got paid very well. And my grandmother, who... grew up never learning how to read or write, was poor. She made a lot of money from trading.

No, no. But he was a doctor who had lots of oil company patients. And he worked for them to some extent as well. They would send their patients to him. So he didn't work for the companies, but he treated them and got paid very well. And my grandmother, who... grew up never learning how to read or write, was poor. She made a lot of money from trading.

No, no. But he was a doctor who had lots of oil company patients. And he worked for them to some extent as well. They would send their patients to him. So he didn't work for the companies, but he treated them and got paid very well. And my grandmother, who... grew up never learning how to read or write, was poor. She made a lot of money from trading.

So she was my initial inspiration, this woman who could never read or write, but she made so much money, she sent some of her children to the US to study, paid all the fees, not my dad, but others. And they're still here. I still have family here because of what she did back in the 60s.

So she was my initial inspiration, this woman who could never read or write, but she made so much money, she sent some of her children to the US to study, paid all the fees, not my dad, but others. And they're still here. I still have family here because of what she did back in the 60s.

So she was my initial inspiration, this woman who could never read or write, but she made so much money, she sent some of her children to the US to study, paid all the fees, not my dad, but others. And they're still here. I still have family here because of what she did back in the 60s.

But what really shaped me was watching the decline of the family wealth because of terrible economic policies that the country was having. And I tell people that it was socialism and they say, oh, it wasn't socialism. It was just a military dictatorship. And this is one of the things which I referenced in the speech that I gave in Washington a couple of days ago.

But what really shaped me was watching the decline of the family wealth because of terrible economic policies that the country was having. And I tell people that it was socialism and they say, oh, it wasn't socialism. It was just a military dictatorship. And this is one of the things which I referenced in the speech that I gave in Washington a couple of days ago.

But what really shaped me was watching the decline of the family wealth because of terrible economic policies that the country was having. And I tell people that it was socialism and they say, oh, it wasn't socialism. It was just a military dictatorship. And this is one of the things which I referenced in the speech that I gave in Washington a couple of days ago.

The people keep saying, oh, it's not socialism because it doesn't call itself that. But it is. It was the government owning everything, deciding which businesses would run and which ones wouldn't run by decree. It was the government choosing which school you would go to for secondary school. I wasn't able to pick the school. The government decided you will go to this school.

The people keep saying, oh, it's not socialism because it doesn't call itself that. But it is. It was the government owning everything, deciding which businesses would run and which ones wouldn't run by decree. It was the government choosing which school you would go to for secondary school. I wasn't able to pick the school. The government decided you will go to this school.

The people keep saying, oh, it's not socialism because it doesn't call itself that. But it is. It was the government owning everything, deciding which businesses would run and which ones wouldn't run by decree. It was the government choosing which school you would go to for secondary school. I wasn't able to pick the school. The government decided you will go to this school.

And sometimes they send people thousands of miles away. And one day, for example, the water just stopped running. And it was just a state run water company just couldn't cope. And we ended up having to dig a borehole and get our own water. But for a long period, I had to go out fetch water. So I tell people that I know what it is like to be wealthy and also to not have any money to be poor.

And sometimes they send people thousands of miles away. And one day, for example, the water just stopped running. And it was just a state run water company just couldn't cope. And we ended up having to dig a borehole and get our own water. But for a long period, I had to go out fetch water. So I tell people that I know what it is like to be wealthy and also to not have any money to be poor.

And sometimes they send people thousands of miles away. And one day, for example, the water just stopped running. And it was just a state run water company just couldn't cope. And we ended up having to dig a borehole and get our own water. But for a long period, I had to go out fetch water. So I tell people that I know what it is like to be wealthy and also to not have any money to be poor.

By the time I moved to the UK in 1996, there was virtually nothing left, hyperinflation and so on. And my dad gave me the equivalent of what was his last hundred pounds and said, you know, good luck, because I really wanted to come back to the UK and I had a British passport. So all of those experiences have shaped my view of the world that even if you're wealthy, things can disappear.

By the time I moved to the UK in 1996, there was virtually nothing left, hyperinflation and so on. And my dad gave me the equivalent of what was his last hundred pounds and said, you know, good luck, because I really wanted to come back to the UK and I had a British passport. So all of those experiences have shaped my view of the world that even if you're wealthy, things can disappear.

By the time I moved to the UK in 1996, there was virtually nothing left, hyperinflation and so on. And my dad gave me the equivalent of what was his last hundred pounds and said, you know, good luck, because I really wanted to come back to the UK and I had a British passport. So all of those experiences have shaped my view of the world that even if you're wealthy, things can disappear.

And you have to work very hard to maintain not just your family, but also your country. Otherwise, it'll degrade. Things aren't always going to be the way they are. You've got to make sure that you culture and cultivate what is good about your society or you will lose it.