Kemi Badenoch’s bizarre Doctor Who tirade won’t win her the leadership contest
The IndependentPerhaps more unnerving than some of their policies is when politicians try to insert themselves into pop culture. “When you have that type of cultural establishment trying to keep Conservatives down, you need someone like me who’s not afraid of Doctor Who or whoever, and who is going to take the fight to them and not let them try and keep us down.” It is a novelty, this re-casting of the former minister for women and equalities in the beloved BBC series, provisionally titled “Doctor Who and The Badenoch”. I don’t know how Doctor Who would even begin to tackle The Badenoch, but of all the six candidates running to be leader of the opposition, she’s certainly the most terrifying. That, he implied, is true even if one, ie Badenoch, has denounced how “we talked right but governed left, sounding like Conservatives but acting like Labour”. Later this week we may look forward to Tom Tugendhat’s underwhelming relaunch, having witnessed Robert Jenrick’s gruesomely American-style effort last week – complete with a background audience holding cards with his name on them.
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