Kemi Badenoch

And at the end of it, I thought, I don't want to be a lawyer. Definitely don't want to be a lawyer, but I love having this stuff in my head. And I'd become quite political by that time. And I was more interested in helping to make good law, so being a legislator, than being, you know, a corporate lawyer or something like that.

No, no, I'm not familiar with that, but it sounds like you had one. Yes, I think I had a quarter-life crisis, sort of 25, and I've done everything I'm supposed to do. You know, you finish prime school, you finish secondary school, you do your A-levels, you get your degree, you get a job. I had a good job, I was working in consulting, and I still wasn't happy.

No, no, I'm not familiar with that, but it sounds like you had one. Yes, I think I had a quarter-life crisis, sort of 25, and I've done everything I'm supposed to do. You know, you finish prime school, you finish secondary school, you do your A-levels, you get your degree, you get a job. I had a good job, I was working in consulting, and I still wasn't happy.

No, no, I'm not familiar with that, but it sounds like you had one. Yes, I think I had a quarter-life crisis, sort of 25, and I've done everything I'm supposed to do. You know, you finish prime school, you finish secondary school, you do your A-levels, you get your degree, you get a job. I had a good job, I was working in consulting, and I still wasn't happy.

And I was looking, I didn't know what I was looking for, but I knew I was looking for something. And I thought another degree would give it to me. And what I really was looking for was the vocation which I found in politics. And it was a long journey over probably from age 16 onwards, having that experience of the, you know, that low expectation culture, which I thought was very race coded.

And I was looking, I didn't know what I was looking for, but I knew I was looking for something. And I thought another degree would give it to me. And what I really was looking for was the vocation which I found in politics. And it was a long journey over probably from age 16 onwards, having that experience of the, you know, that low expectation culture, which I thought was very race coded.

And I was looking, I didn't know what I was looking for, but I knew I was looking for something. And I thought another degree would give it to me. And what I really was looking for was the vocation which I found in politics. And it was a long journey over probably from age 16 onwards, having that experience of the, you know, that low expectation culture, which I thought was very race coded.

And looking back on it, it was extremely race coded. If I was, I think, a white child, I would have been treated differently. And again, it was sort of left wing teachers who were trying to be helpful. but actually creating a lot of destruction along the way. That experiences at university where I think I met my first sort of proper left-wing students culture type person. And I did not like it.

And looking back on it, it was extremely race coded. If I was, I think, a white child, I would have been treated differently. And again, it was sort of left wing teachers who were trying to be helpful. but actually creating a lot of destruction along the way. That experiences at university where I think I met my first sort of proper left-wing students culture type person. And I did not like it.

And looking back on it, it was extremely race coded. If I was, I think, a white child, I would have been treated differently. And again, it was sort of left wing teachers who were trying to be helpful. but actually creating a lot of destruction along the way. That experiences at university where I think I met my first sort of proper left-wing students culture type person. And I did not like it.

I thought they were very ignorant. They, because by this time, of course, I know a lot about Africa and they talked about Africa as this place where they would come in and help the people, you know, who was, you know, just these helpless people, no agency whatsoever. They were not interested in the real problems and it was really a way for them to virtue signal. And I found that so aggravating.

I thought they were very ignorant. They, because by this time, of course, I know a lot about Africa and they talked about Africa as this place where they would come in and help the people, you know, who was, you know, just these helpless people, no agency whatsoever. They were not interested in the real problems and it was really a way for them to virtue signal. And I found that so aggravating.

I thought they were very ignorant. They, because by this time, of course, I know a lot about Africa and they talked about Africa as this place where they would come in and help the people, you know, who was, you know, just these helpless people, no agency whatsoever. They were not interested in the real problems and it was really a way for them to virtue signal. And I found that so aggravating.

And that also semi-radicalized me around what we do with aid, for example, and how we let a lot of African countries get away with things that they shouldn't do. An irritation with what I call moral colonialism, where rather than focusing on growth and how to make these countries self-sufficient...

And that also semi-radicalized me around what we do with aid, for example, and how we let a lot of African countries get away with things that they shouldn't do. An irritation with what I call moral colonialism, where rather than focusing on growth and how to make these countries self-sufficient...

And that also semi-radicalized me around what we do with aid, for example, and how we let a lot of African countries get away with things that they shouldn't do. An irritation with what I call moral colonialism, where rather than focusing on growth and how to make these countries self-sufficient...

We sort of preach values which the West has come to after a long period and try and impose them in places where there's no, you know, they're not ready to receive them or interested and not engaging with people on that level. So I had that radicalism, that radicalization process. And that was actually my first work with the Conservative Party. So it's 2005, I'm 25, 2006.

We sort of preach values which the West has come to after a long period and try and impose them in places where there's no, you know, they're not ready to receive them or interested and not engaging with people on that level. So I had that radicalism, that radicalization process. And that was actually my first work with the Conservative Party. So it's 2005, I'm 25, 2006.

We sort of preach values which the West has come to after a long period and try and impose them in places where there's no, you know, they're not ready to receive them or interested and not engaging with people on that level. So I had that radicalism, that radicalization process. And that was actually my first work with the Conservative Party. So it's 2005, I'm 25, 2006.

David Cameron sets up these policy commissions and one of them was called Globalization and Global Poverty. And I really cared about this subject because I thought a lot of money was being wasted and sent to places where it shouldn't be sent to when actually what people needed was partnerships, business, more sensible policies. more sensible ideas.