Kemi Badenoch
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At a dinner in London about 18 months ago. So Usha was there. And it was one of these sort of dinners. Here's some interesting people and we'll put them together around a table. And I told him about the experience I had where everyone... in the press kept writing about how I had lost and I couldn't win and I'm so weird.
At a dinner in London about 18 months ago. So Usha was there. And it was one of these sort of dinners. Here's some interesting people and we'll put them together around a table. And I told him about the experience I had where everyone... in the press kept writing about how I had lost and I couldn't win and I'm so weird.
At a dinner in London about 18 months ago. So Usha was there. And it was one of these sort of dinners. Here's some interesting people and we'll put them together around a table. And I told him about the experience I had where everyone... in the press kept writing about how I had lost and I couldn't win and I'm so weird.
And her opponents are seizing the initiative and they're definitely going to win and look how great they are. And it just wasn't true. And I knew it wasn't true, but my friends would say, what's happening? Why aren't you doing well? And I would tell them, don't worry, it's fine. And of course he had the exact same experience.
And her opponents are seizing the initiative and they're definitely going to win and look how great they are. And it just wasn't true. And I knew it wasn't true, but my friends would say, what's happening? Why aren't you doing well? And I would tell them, don't worry, it's fine. And of course he had the exact same experience.
And her opponents are seizing the initiative and they're definitely going to win and look how great they are. And it just wasn't true. And I knew it wasn't true, but my friends would say, what's happening? Why aren't you doing well? And I would tell them, don't worry, it's fine. And of course he had the exact same experience.
And he talked a lot about how they were fairly confident of what their polling was saying. and just ignored what the media was saying about Kamala Harris and what was happening. And it's about understanding what is reality now. How do you know what an authoritative source is when everyone is trying to make the news rather than report the news? That's the new thing in our age.
And he talked a lot about how they were fairly confident of what their polling was saying. and just ignored what the media was saying about Kamala Harris and what was happening. And it's about understanding what is reality now. How do you know what an authoritative source is when everyone is trying to make the news rather than report the news? That's the new thing in our age.
And he talked a lot about how they were fairly confident of what their polling was saying. and just ignored what the media was saying about Kamala Harris and what was happening. And it's about understanding what is reality now. How do you know what an authoritative source is when everyone is trying to make the news rather than report the news? That's the new thing in our age.
A lot of media doesn't want to observe and report. It wants to influence. It wants to be on the pitch rather than reporting.
A lot of media doesn't want to observe and report. It wants to influence. It wants to be on the pitch rather than reporting.
A lot of media doesn't want to observe and report. It wants to influence. It wants to be on the pitch rather than reporting.
Not so much. I think probably the way I express it is different. But just going back to that theme of how... you know, liberalism has been hacked. I started my career as a secretary of state in trade, saying that we must not be knowingly naive. We have adopted this naive behavior of, well, we'll do this thing. And of course, other countries will follow us and everything will be fine.
Not so much. I think probably the way I express it is different. But just going back to that theme of how... you know, liberalism has been hacked. I started my career as a secretary of state in trade, saying that we must not be knowingly naive. We have adopted this naive behavior of, well, we'll do this thing. And of course, other countries will follow us and everything will be fine.
Not so much. I think probably the way I express it is different. But just going back to that theme of how... you know, liberalism has been hacked. I started my career as a secretary of state in trade, saying that we must not be knowingly naive. We have adopted this naive behavior of, well, we'll do this thing. And of course, other countries will follow us and everything will be fine.
And that doesn't happen.
And that doesn't happen.
And that doesn't happen.
Yes, exactly. And that is not saying that our values are wrong. It's that you have to recognize that not everybody shares those values. So you can't use your values outside that system. It doesn't make sense. If you try and use free speech in a way where people will abuse that to defame other people, provide lots of misinformation and disinformation, then it doesn't work in the same way.
Yes, exactly. And that is not saying that our values are wrong. It's that you have to recognize that not everybody shares those values. So you can't use your values outside that system. It doesn't make sense. If you try and use free speech in a way where people will abuse that to defame other people, provide lots of misinformation and disinformation, then it doesn't work in the same way.