Kemi Badenoch

I think we have a statistic here that 95% of the prison population, or certainly in the 90s, the 90% plus of the prison population, the male prison population, grew up without their father.

I don't know. I was a good all-rounder at school. I was very good at maths. I was very good at English. I remember my English was better than my teachers, which they found very frustrating. And I think some of that would have been just the exposure, you know, living in the US, having parents who, you know, bought books. So I read a lot and I was good academically.

I don't know. I was a good all-rounder at school. I was very good at maths. I was very good at English. I remember my English was better than my teachers, which they found very frustrating. And I think some of that would have been just the exposure, you know, living in the US, having parents who, you know, bought books. So I read a lot and I was good academically.

I don't know. I was a good all-rounder at school. I was very good at maths. I was very good at English. I remember my English was better than my teachers, which they found very frustrating. And I think some of that would have been just the exposure, you know, living in the US, having parents who, you know, bought books. So I read a lot and I was good academically.

But something different happened when I moved to the UK. I stopped being good academically and I just became pretty average. And I didn't understand why that was happening.

But something different happened when I moved to the UK. I stopped being good academically and I just became pretty average. And I didn't understand why that was happening.

But something different happened when I moved to the UK. I stopped being good academically and I just became pretty average. And I didn't understand why that was happening.

And my friends who left Nigeria at the same time I did and went to the private schools, they've got a lot of money, you know, they had parents far wealthier than mine, certainly by that time, by the mid-90s, whatever relative wealth we had was gone. And these were people who I used to beat easily at school. They were suddenly doing very well.

And my friends who left Nigeria at the same time I did and went to the private schools, they've got a lot of money, you know, they had parents far wealthier than mine, certainly by that time, by the mid-90s, whatever relative wealth we had was gone. And these were people who I used to beat easily at school. They were suddenly doing very well.

And my friends who left Nigeria at the same time I did and went to the private schools, they've got a lot of money, you know, they had parents far wealthier than mine, certainly by that time, by the mid-90s, whatever relative wealth we had was gone. And these were people who I used to beat easily at school. They were suddenly doing very well.

And I realized that not all the schools are the same here, that there are some schools that are very focused, they coach, they train, and there are other schools which people pass through. And it was one of the things that I think was the foundation of my conservatism, that making sure everybody's got an equal chance or the best opportunity. And

And I realized that not all the schools are the same here, that there are some schools that are very focused, they coach, they train, and there are other schools which people pass through. And it was one of the things that I think was the foundation of my conservatism, that making sure everybody's got an equal chance or the best opportunity. And

And I realized that not all the schools are the same here, that there are some schools that are very focused, they coach, they train, and there are other schools which people pass through. And it was one of the things that I think was the foundation of my conservatism, that making sure everybody's got an equal chance or the best opportunity. And

i realized that yes there would have been a baseline level of you know good academics or you know intelligence with me but actually the things that made the difference were the family that i had the schools that i went to the culture around me all of those things added to however smart i was in maths and english and when you took those things away and when i started hanging out with children who didn't care about those things

i realized that yes there would have been a baseline level of you know good academics or you know intelligence with me but actually the things that made the difference were the family that i had the schools that i went to the culture around me all of those things added to however smart i was in maths and english and when you took those things away and when i started hanging out with children who didn't care about those things

i realized that yes there would have been a baseline level of you know good academics or you know intelligence with me but actually the things that made the difference were the family that i had the schools that i went to the culture around me all of those things added to however smart i was in maths and english and when you took those things away and when i started hanging out with children who didn't care about those things

then my academic results dropped. And it took a while for me to get back on track. And I ended up studying engineering. Sorry? How did you get back on track? So it took a while for me to just figure out what I wanted to do. Engineering was, when I realized I couldn't get into medical school here, very competitive. And the number of places are regulated in the UK.

then my academic results dropped. And it took a while for me to get back on track. And I ended up studying engineering. Sorry? How did you get back on track? So it took a while for me to just figure out what I wanted to do. Engineering was, when I realized I couldn't get into medical school here, very competitive. And the number of places are regulated in the UK.

then my academic results dropped. And it took a while for me to get back on track. And I ended up studying engineering. Sorry? How did you get back on track? So it took a while for me to just figure out what I wanted to do. Engineering was, when I realized I couldn't get into medical school here, very competitive. And the number of places are regulated in the UK.

So there's a limit on how many places that can be. Engineering, on the other hand, is not. And