Kemi Badenoch’s biggest weakness
Electoral Dysfunction
Sky News
4.4 • 764 Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
She says that Kemi Badenoch has shown resilience and character in her first year as party leader- but it’s taken time to find confidence and her 11 months of ‘listening’ and ‘absorbing’ has come with ‘political knocks’.
She acknowledges that she is sorry about the Tory proposal to leave the ECHR - but says politicians have to deal with the politics of today.
She also reveals how her parents met at Tory conference and which politician makes her shout at TV.
Remember, you can also watch Beth Rigby, Harriet Harman and Ruth Davidson on YouTube.
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| 1:31.2 | Hello and welcome to another extra episode of electoral dysfunction, again with just me, Beth Rigby, at another political party conference. |
| 1:35.2 | And this time I'm in Manchester where the Conservative Party are meeting, but I have to say |
| 1:40.7 | there are much smaller numbers, less of a vibe than previous years. |
| 1:45.9 | But more of that on Friday's episode, because today I'm bringing you an interview. |
| 1:51.0 | I'm about to record with Victoria Atkins. |
| 1:53.7 | She's Shadow Environment Secretary, who you might recognise as the woman in the union Jack Blazer. |
| 2:07.7 | This is always the headline grabber, isn't it? |
| 2:15.7 | I think actually Kemi doesn't have enough confidence in her. |
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