Overview

• Kemi Badenoch dismissed calls for Robert Jenrick to replace her as wishful thinking by supporters she described as sore losers.
• She said only two or three of about 120 Conservative MPs are openly critical, with most personal attacks coming from anonymous accounts online.
• Badenoch argued some critics frame her success as a product of DEI and deploy stereotypes about her race, which she rejected as baseless.
• She said Jenrick himself finds the agitation by some of his supporters distressing, even as his polished social media content has grown his profile.
• Acknowledging poor polling, she noted the Conservatives trail Labour and Reform UK and labeled Nigel Farage a “bullshit artist” whose party is focused on tearing things down.