Kemi Badenoch Quotes

Kemi Badenoch

Profession : Politician

Birth : January 2, 1980

Simple language, simple ideas and a positive vision for the future - this holy trinity holds the key to unlocking the next generation.

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We're quick to complain about racism, sexism, homophobia, but it's not as bad as people make out. If we're going to be more cohesive, we have to be more relaxed about petty incidents and not find insult where none exists.

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When my husband and I are getting into a taxi, I always stop the taxi and say where I want to go. My husband jumps in the car and says, 'This is where we are going.' That's the same when men and women approach wanting to become a candidate.

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If you go to the part of Nigeria I'm from, people will say 'why is colonialism my concern?'

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I have a huge problem with calling young people snowflakes. We shouldn't be doing that.

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Everyone had their own machete. Because that's how you cut grass in Africa. There were no lawn mowers. We had to tend our own patches. I still feel as if I have got the blisters.

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Being different means you are noticed more, and sometimes that has been helpful.

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Normalising the term 'white privilege' does not eliminate racism, it reinforces the notion that everyone and everything around ethnic minorities is racist and makes the majority white population more conscious about their race and exacerbates feelings of difference, creating a less cohesive society.

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The truth is that our freedoms are being subtly eroded in an era where emotion and sentiment are prized above reason and rationality.

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As equalities minister, I am responsible for promoting equality of opportunity for everyone.

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In war as in politics, Neave's attitude was always to get on with it.

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I tend to be such a generalist.

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Don't let Labour's stereotypes and low expectations hold you back, and never let them treat you like a black sheep who will always follow them.

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Group chats have proven popular breeding grounds for fake news, with dubious articles from even more dubious sources being shared and reshared at the touch of a smartphone.

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In the papers, they were talking about how 'Friends' is now sort of really homophobic, transphobic and so on. That, for me, is a very, very - it's actually a puritanical position, which I think of as conservative.

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Friends' was the biggest television series of all time. Everybody loved it, it was syndicated all around the world. The idea that in a few years people are talking about it as if it's this horrific series, for me that just doesn't compute.

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The Sewell Commission was an opportunity to move away from discussions of 'culture wars' towards a balanced, informed discussion about race and opportunity in the United Kingdom. I know most people in this country want that, too.

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Genuine solutions that could help heal divisions in society have been ignored.

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The truth is I don't want my baby out in the freezing cold just because there's an election. But there is no such thing as maternity leave in an election. You can't tell the voters, 'Sorry, I am looking after my baby.' It's part of the deal.

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I am one of those people for whom pregnancy is an ordeal.

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