522. The New Conservative Party | Kemi Badenoch
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What are the preconditions for liberalism to work?
There are preconditions for liberalism to work in the classic sense, and those preconditions are conservative. When they vanish, then the liberal project doesn't work.
A lot of what I see that has gone wrong is the corruption of liberalism. People have found the weakest points and are twisting it to do things it shouldn't be doing. In a low-trust society, everyone's a potential enemy. And if a politician is prepared to tell you something that we all know is not true, then what else will they tell you?
Now, you're kind of looking at the UK as an outsider when you think about the unity of culture that brings people together.
Hello, everybody. I had the privilege today because it was a privilege to speak to the new leader of the Conservative Party in the UK. And the Conservative Party is likely the most successful political party that has ever existed in the West as a whole. And its leadership is, well, a position of cardinal importance. Kemi Bednok, the new leader, is a relatively young woman who's come to the UK from another country, who is grateful for the intellectual and cultural heritage of the UK and who understands it deeply. She's an engineer and has extensive legal training. And that's a very interesting combination because engineers are very practical and task-oriented and they know how to build things that work.
because they have to deal with the realities of the real physical world. And her legal training has given her deep insight into the legal structure of not only the UK, but the Western world in general, because so many of the institutions that we rely on in the West were originated in the UK. I got a chance to talk to her about her childhood, her educational background, her rise to predominance in the Conservative Party, her forthright stance on issues such as net zero, which the Conservatives move towards in a fit of, you have to say, foolishness, egotism, and cowardice. We talked about that in some detail as well. We discussed why she believes that she became leader of the Conservative Party, but why she's also an extremely effective alternative, let's say, to Nigel Farage and the Reform Party, which is a right-wing party in the UK as well that's on the up and up and that has, you know, things going for it. I believe we'll be speaking with Mr. Farage. I interviewed him yesterday.
Last year, we're going to do that again relatively soon on the podcast. We got a chance to speak about the West in general, and that's part of the reason this podcast should be relevant to everyone in the Western world. The UK is a pillar of Western society, and it would be lovely to have a leader in place who understands and appreciates exactly what that culture is and what it's offered to the world. And it seems to me that... Ms. Badenoch comported herself highly successfully in the interview, and I think its fundamental shortcoming was that it wasn't long enough. And it's very good to see a leader emerge on the international stage who's brave enough to bear the... threat of long-term format interview that's unscripted. She had no questions provided to her before this interview. And then to have concluded at the end of it that the best thing that could have happened with the interview, it would have been better if it was twice as long.
So join us for a vision of the new Conservative Party in the UK. So, Ms. Bednock, I think what we'll do to begin with is... Just walk through your life biographically and let people get a chance to situate you. You've emerged into a very influential position on the international scene relatively recently. And so everyone who's watching and listening is going to be curious about where you came from and who you are. Maybe take us back to your childhood to begin with, and let's start there.
I had a very interesting and varied childhood. I was born in London, I was born in Wimbledon, but purely by accident. It was not by design. My mother, who's a professor of physiology, had an obstetric referral. And her doctor said, you need to go see this doctor in the UK.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the preconditions for liberalism to work?
0:10–8:38
2
How did Kemi Badenoch's upbringing influence her political views?
8:38–15:32
3
What challenges did Kemi face in her academic journey?
15:32–22:43
4
Why does Kemi Badenoch emphasize the importance of family?
22:43–31:50
5
What is the significance of cultural understanding in politics?
31:50–38:33
6
How do trust and group identity affect societal cohesion?
38:33–54:39
7
What role does Christianity play in the development of Western liberalism?
54:39–58:35
8
What is Kemi Badenoch's vision for the future of the Conservative Party?
58:35–1:32:55