Kemi Badenoch

And I thought this was completely insane. How can there be no plan? If you made everybody vote for something, you must have had a plan beforehand. And this is something that we keep doing wrong in UK politics. And the current prime minister has done the same thing of just talking, but not knowing how you're going to do something. We'll figure it out later.

And I thought this was completely insane. How can there be no plan? If you made everybody vote for something, you must have had a plan beforehand. And this is something that we keep doing wrong in UK politics. And the current prime minister has done the same thing of just talking, but not knowing how you're going to do something. We'll figure it out later.

So I come into parliament to a party that's gone backwards. It's lost seats. We're still in government because we're still the largest party, but there's no majority. And we're going round and round in circles. endlessly making concessions to the left. And that was the beginning of where it started going wrong. The first seven years were okay.

So I come into parliament to a party that's gone backwards. It's lost seats. We're still in government because we're still the largest party, but there's no majority. And we're going round and round in circles. endlessly making concessions to the left. And that was the beginning of where it started going wrong. The first seven years were okay.

So I come into parliament to a party that's gone backwards. It's lost seats. We're still in government because we're still the largest party, but there's no majority. And we're going round and round in circles. endlessly making concessions to the left. And that was the beginning of where it started going wrong. The first seven years were okay.

The second seven years were us making concessions to the left and compromising in ways that were not moving things forward. And we have paid for it now, seven years later, just endless sort of what I call managerialism. we moved into a space where it's no longer about what you believe in, but just being competent. And of course, competence is important.

The second seven years were us making concessions to the left and compromising in ways that were not moving things forward. And we have paid for it now, seven years later, just endless sort of what I call managerialism. we moved into a space where it's no longer about what you believe in, but just being competent. And of course, competence is important.

The second seven years were us making concessions to the left and compromising in ways that were not moving things forward. And we have paid for it now, seven years later, just endless sort of what I call managerialism. we moved into a space where it's no longer about what you believe in, but just being competent. And of course, competence is important.

But if there's no underlying philosophy, you're just administrators. There's no vision. You're not shaping the future. You're not showing the way. You're just managing the status quo. And managing the status quo at a time of Very high mass migration all over the world. It's not just affecting the UK. Rapid technological innovation, you know, social media, AI, all of that.

But if there's no underlying philosophy, you're just administrators. There's no vision. You're not shaping the future. You're not showing the way. You're just managing the status quo. And managing the status quo at a time of Very high mass migration all over the world. It's not just affecting the UK. Rapid technological innovation, you know, social media, AI, all of that.

But if there's no underlying philosophy, you're just administrators. There's no vision. You're not shaping the future. You're not showing the way. You're just managing the status quo. And managing the status quo at a time of Very high mass migration all over the world. It's not just affecting the UK. Rapid technological innovation, you know, social media, AI, all of that.

Soaring debts, as you described at the beginning. Low productivity. This is, you can't just manage that.

Soaring debts, as you described at the beginning. Low productivity. This is, you can't just manage that.

Soaring debts, as you described at the beginning. Low productivity. This is, you can't just manage that.

Yeah, low birth rate, exactly, falling birth rate. What are we going to do? And we would just come out with, well, we'll have a little bit more childcare there, or we'll cut tax by like a penny. And these things create huge swells of frustration. And it all spilled out this July, where we had tried but failed to cut immigration. We had tried to cut taxes.

Yeah, low birth rate, exactly, falling birth rate. What are we going to do? And we would just come out with, well, we'll have a little bit more childcare there, or we'll cut tax by like a penny. And these things create huge swells of frustration. And it all spilled out this July, where we had tried but failed to cut immigration. We had tried to cut taxes.

Yeah, low birth rate, exactly, falling birth rate. What are we going to do? And we would just come out with, well, we'll have a little bit more childcare there, or we'll cut tax by like a penny. And these things create huge swells of frustration. And it all spilled out this July, where we had tried but failed to cut immigration. We had tried to cut taxes.

Again, it not quite working because we just couldn't manage the balance sheet between how much we were spending and how much we needed to take in taxes.

Again, it not quite working because we just couldn't manage the balance sheet between how much we were spending and how much we needed to take in taxes.

Again, it not quite working because we just couldn't manage the balance sheet between how much we were spending and how much we needed to take in taxes.