{"id":96837,"date":"2022-07-11T13:47:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T12:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=96837"},"modified":"2022-07-11T13:47:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T12:47:37","slug":"nigerias-kemi-joins-race-for-uk-prime-minister-unfolds-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/nigerias-kemi-joins-race-for-uk-prime-minister-unfolds-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s Kemi joins race for UK Prime Minister, unfolds agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1738059060398355741\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former Equalities Minister, Nigerian-born Kemi Badenoch, has put herself forward as a candidate to become the next United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister, promising \u201climited government\u201d and \u201ca focus on the essentials.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe MP for Saffron Walden said she supported lower taxes \u201cto boost growth and productivity, and accompanied by tight spending discipline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Writing in The Times, she also hit out at \u201cidentity politics\u201d and said Boris Johnson was \u201ca symptom of the problems we face, not the cause of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are exhausted by platitudes and empty rhetoric. Loving our country, our people or our party is not enough,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s missing is an intellectual grasp of what is required to run the country in an era of increased polarization, protectionism and populism amplified by social media.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nShe said governing Britain today requires \u201ca nimble centre-right vision\u201d that \u201ccan achieve things despite entrenched opposition from a cultural establishment that will not accept that the world has moved on from Blairism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Badenoch\u2019s declaration capped off a day that saw many Tories declaring allegiances in the leadership race.<\/p>\n<p>Rishi Sunak declared his much-anticipated intention to run, enjoying public backing from Commons Leader Mark Spencer, former Tory Party co-chairman Oliver Dowden, former chief whip Mark Harper, ex-ministers Liam Fox and Andrew Murrison, and MPs Sir Bob Neill and Paul Maynard.<\/p>\n<p>Kemi Badenoch\u2019s recollection of her childhood in Nigeria brings tears to her eyes. It is only five months since the death of her father, Femi Adegoke, from a brain tumour.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nLittle could he have imagined that within three years of entering the government ranks, his daughter would be launching a bid to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<p>But Badenoch said her father instilled in her a sense of \u201cpersonal responsibility\u201d. Last week, she quit the government to help force Johnson\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with The Telegraph, she has now set out her reasons for launching a bid to lead the Conservatives. In short, she believes the government has lost its way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that we have accepted a consensus that is not right \u2013 that the Government should get involved in everything and do everything,\u201d she said.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nBut Badenoch, who quit as equalities and local government minister in a joint move with four friends and colleagues last week, believed that the government is \u201cdoing many things badly and doing things in the wrong way.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Equalities Minister, Nigerian-born Kemi Badenoch, has put herself forward as a candidate to become the next United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister, promising \u201climited government\u201d and \u201ca focus on the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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