Is Kemi Badenoch the Next Margaret Thatcher?

[@savvasgamingchannel5062]

In Greece we have a saying don't just vote for anyone to replace a bad leader because they will guaranteed to be worse than the previous leader.

[@krishnagondhea7428]

That is what we are experiencing now

[@Allbar1888]

What! Greece .. the country that went bankrupt! Remember Beware of bankers bearing bonds!

[@khlk9485]

Is this from the same Greece that went bankrupt in the economy and needed a global bailout.good advice.

[@rajeshVengadesan]

​@@krishnagondhea7428:where ?

[@krishnagondhea7428]

@@rajeshVengadesan in England!

[@MightySheep]

this "next thatcher" thing is getting old now, this is the 3rd female leader in a row theyve said that for its almost becoming a sexist trope lol

[@_.august4243]

theresa may and liz truss are nothing like margaret thatcher though

[@88motho]

yep, they used to confuse May with Thetcher too, now Kemi

[@Ibalistic_hedge]

Tbf the 3 who have been prime minister have been bad. Not a good look for 👩ism

[@Worldsamess2024]

​@@Ibalistic_hedge🤔????

[@TrevorBarre]

Sorry to inform the Tory Party, but she's not coming back!

[@chrisdarling2404]

Badenoch isn't a patch on Thatcher. Whether you loved her or hated her, she was a powerful woman.

[@whocares264]

that sold this country

[@user-gf5lc6ue7b]

Sorry, you spelled saved the Falkland Islands wrong

[@whocares264]

@@chrisdarling2404 the uk is suffering from thatchers sell everything policy she had a point that being in the EU we would be OK then along came Cameron offered the vote to ignorant folk and the uk is finished.

[@oluggbal3005]

I was a labour supporter, and actually joked at the thought of Kemi contesting for Tory leadership with Sunak. But then, i started listening to her interviews and i have to say this woman is smart, courageous very articulate, intelligent and honesly in my opinion, the better of the two contestant. If properly supported, she will definitely make a good leader❤️❤️

[@cornwellncube9757]

True that. I don't know how many times l try to listen to her conversations. I believe she will be a great global leader.

[@tony-222]

She’ll be gone before next election Reminds me of Truss… full of her own importance and will do nothing for working people

[@Ibalistic_hedge]

Except, she’s already done lots for the country.

[@Worldsamess2024]

​@@Ibalistic_hedgeExample? 🤔

[@Wearenotreallyhere]

Oh no it’s a “working people” socialist robot!??

[@user-kf1he2pk3l]

@@Ibalistic_hedge such as?

[@TheLion-b3h]

@@Worldsamess2024 You’ll never get an answer to that, the far right just make stuff up then run away…typical rightwing bull..! ? You can tell a fake rightwing journalist as they will not challenge this made up bull in interviews, 0 follow up questions demanding receipts

[@saminatharbastiampillai8234]

Please don't compare her and Mrs. Thatcher.

[@janetnaffine9508]

Yes, just like Thatcher she’ll end up being loathed and despised by millions.

[@88motho]

@@janetnaffine9508 Thetcher was Evil

[@not-this-fartoofar3606]

@@janetnaffine9508 But she thought of the country first and by that we were a power against the other countries. She was a patriot and thought of Britain first.

[@Ibalistic_hedge]

@@janetnaffine9508no she won’t. Kemi has already shown that she is a decent human being.

[@infohound41]

Tories need to move on from Thatcher now.

[@dolceanstar]

Heaven forbid!!!! Forty years ago, my Dad said, "THAT woman has handed over the future of this country to a pack of coked up Essex barrow boys!" He was never far from the truth.

[@macayers]

Just goes to prove that sometimes even Dad's get it wrong 🙂

[@dolceanstar]

@@macayers just goes to prove that some aren't paying attention.

[@enderby4121]

And your dad knew exactly what he was talking about.

[@Tom_murray89]

She’s no Margaret thatcher

[@factualbreakdown3072]

Agreed. Not even true English.

[@yuhmadda]

@@factualbreakdown3072 she was born and raised in England, tf are you on

[@Anita-sl7iw]

​Shame on you ​@@factualbreakdown3072

[@emmersonadi3067]

​@@factualbreakdown3072Racist comment

[@PaulWilson-r7m]

Kemi Badenoch is like her, I think she’s a Winner…

[@tonylelli3057]

Don’t make me laugh 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@PaulWilson-r7m]

Kemi is a winner

[@WilliamMahoney-qu2dv]

I'm not a Tory voter but this is so insulting to the Thatcher family.

[@hughmacgillivray9752]

Surely not she must be awful then.

[@AziengbemiJustice-tw2ch]

Especially for what M. Thatcher stood for.

[@sylviabaxter265]

Which was?

[@theduke6174]

Kemi Badenoch was close to Margaret Thatcher before her death so saying it’s an “insult” is extremely ridiculous

[@Nurse_Mike]

@@theduke6174Just saying that because she’s not White! Just this morning, I read someone’s comment on KZbin , saying she is a “non-entity”. How would anyone say that to a person who has been elected to lead a major Political Party.

[@sb0403]

Boris or Sunak will be back as Tory Leader before next elections.

[@user-uy3bj9ue5c]

😂

[@Chrisugo]

It's more like Boris . 😅

[@Ladynipchick2]

Could be, at this rate.

[@JSRandhawa221]

Abdul the toilet cleaner at Tory HQ could be the next leader....

[@emmersonadi3067]

Wishful thinking 😂 You just can't accept the reality that a black woman is now the leader of the opposition. 😂 She is miles ahead of these mediocres you mentioned,both intellectually and competence wise. You have to deal with this reality. Change is the only constant thing in life. You are going to see a first black UK prime minister very soon. I hope you don't develop a heart attack 😂😂😂😂

[@mchaplin66]

Another foreigner trying to rub the uk,badenough lost my vote on her a woke mates appointments along with her horrid comment that partygate was blown out of proportion-tell that to my mum who died alone while they partied at no 10

[@stevenpaterson5100]

I used to have respect for the tories but they've just shot themselves in the foot again for the umpteenth time ,they are over

[@emmersonadi3067]

You hate them because they decided to be non discriminatory when it comes to the color of the skin. Confess!!!

[@stevenpaterson5100]

@emmersonadi3067 no,I hate them cos they've allowed so many unwanted grifting spongers in to this country that are paying nothing in and are stealing from the indigenous population

[@Slumbert]

She will be gone after next election..

[@SimonSmith-yd6tt]

before that I give her a year tops

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

So she will be around a lot longer than most of her more recent predecessors.

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

..she can take her mates with her .. . .

[@johnadamski6246]

She will be gone in a year

[@whocares264]

before

[@mattdavis5453]

Who was the last maggie??-Liz T!! We never learn, do we?

[@sandrahaywood3367]

HOW DARE YOU COMPARE BADENOCH WITH MARGARET THATCHER+***

[@whocares264]

yes, bad-enoch is not that bad

[@kennethpryce8215]

I am not a Tory but I do admire Kimi Badenoch style and clarity of thought.

[@thehappywerewolf]

The media is always the last to know. People smell a diversity hire a mile away. I've never voted apart from once.1996. Never again.

[@safeenachoud1903]

What makes you say that 😏

[@Worldsamess2024]

​@@safeenachoud1903Ticked the diversity box! 😉

[@vincentl.9469]

Diversity & inclusiveness. . The 1922 committee and others lie to themselves and say it does not matter, but it does. Going forward towards the next general election if she is still party leader, there is the prospect of a Nigerian PM. We already had an Indian PM, that didn't work too well. Being PM is not like running a council. That tells you everything about the loss of identity about who we are and how we got to this point and under Labour it will get worse.. England - Great Britain , that was another time and place. RIP

[@billwatters4833]

I'm not sure why we are even discussing the Conservative Party's future. They were unable to hear what the electorate wanted on immigration and ignored the needs of the public. Why has Badenoch not said how she will stop the boats?

[@Mike_5]

Kemi is Working Class and has been promoted to be allowed to be annoying in Parliament

[@jackcraig837]

Edwina why has she been rolled out. 😮

[@donaldellis3609]

Eggsatily 😊

[@ChangesOneTim]

Because she 'knew' John Major VERY well indeed😉...oh and she was in Thatcher's cabinet.

[@alexanderstefanov6474]

​@@ChangesOneTimsomething I wager John major would rather forget

[@ChangesOneTim]

@@alexanderstefanov6474 Norma certainly wouldn't, although evidently she forgave him.

[@barrylee3031]

I saw a clip on you tube which showed Major hugging Starmer what does that say? because I dont have a clue

[@macayers]

Maggie Thather was a 'one off' that will be almost impossible to replace. She was her own person and knew what and how things were going to be done! She was in charge... Now we have a new Tory leader that has immediately appointed from the old school and trying to create a new status quo from the past... This will not turn out well!

[@Folkenheath145]

'Maggie' did as she was told my city of London, oil bankers, Zionists, and and the neoliberal school of economics. She's the same thing, different lingo.

[@Folkenheath145]

'Maggie' did as she was told by city of London

[@Folkenheath145]

Maggie did as she was told

[@macayers]

@@Folkenheath145 Absolute nonsense three times over ...

[@ot8479]

BTW, WERE U HIGH ALL THROUGHOUT THE 80S!!???

[@mjl2904]

Edwina Curry the opinion we all wanted to hear 😂😂

[@Micc-gp2kk]

She exudes an air of self-importance, attempting to project a demeanour of coldness, arrogance, and overconfidence. It’s evident that she harbours resentment and discomfort toward her own ethnicity and race. It seems to me that she experienced bullying and discrimination and this seems to have left a deep mark, yet paradoxically, she appears to admire those who mistreated her. It seems as though she aspires to emulate them, striving to adopt their traits and attitudes. In my opinion, this makes her come across as disingenuous.

[@janetmusende4003]

How do you know. why speculations.

[@sandwichmaker9000]

She's not a Celt. She simply must go back. There is no acceptable alternative.

[@Walley28]

But you had the opportunity to select an Anglo Saxon or 'Caucasian' but you still keep electing Black & Brown people like me, I thought you were once the 'Great British Empire', im not sure of that now

[@sandwichmaker9000]

@ Your response is exactly why you have to go back.

[@Walley28]

@@sandwichmaker9000 Me to go back, I employ too many years Caucasians they can't do without me.

[@AJ-ch6fu]

​@@Walley28you can't even string a sentence together in proper English so I highly double that.

[@user-kf1he2pk3l]

Margaret Thatcher was better mannered.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Times were very different then. Live in the present not the past.

[@user-kf1he2pk3l]

@@jjefferyworboys8138 So being rude is acceptable now? Don't think so.

[@sylviabaxter265]

I would prefer to remember the MPs of Yesterday Year they were more intelligent and listened to the questions before talking over the the questionnaire plus more loyal to the country and electorate. The present is governments out for their own benefits not Joe Public. The present government

[@TrevorBarre]

To put it mildly.

[@Ladynipchick2]

Yes. She was.

[@leehenry5764]

ITV is just ridiculous!

[@matthewburns7989]

😂😂 I chucked before the video even started. Is this a joke? The media really have lost the plot 😅

[@derekwhyle1884]

Thatcher was born and grew up in England. Her parents were British and so were her great grandparents.

[@geneg4470]

Loool same for kemi son 😂 bron in Uk and her parents were British 🙃

[@davidneverdave]

@@geneg4470This Derek guy is obviously racist, but you’re not correct. Kemi’s parents were Nigerian, her mother came to the UK to give birth to her then returned with her to Nigeria until Kemi was 16.

[@carltonlambert7608]

And Sir Keith Joseph is Jewish. So what? I bet you don't know who he is. The genius behind thatcher. A Nickola Tesla to your Thomas Edison in that regard

[@Worldsamess2024]

​@@geneg4470kemis Mother came to England from Nigeria, for the sole purpose of wanting her baby to be born in the UK for the British passport! Then after the birth went back to Nigeria. Kemi came only came to England when she was 16.

[@mjl2904]

@@Worldsamess2024what’s your point?

[@moriji]

So I'm an American and I see a lot of similarities to the Republicans of old. For years, they kept talking about Ronald Reagan and everybody tried to be like him. (Of course, Trump ended all that.) The comparison to Margaret Thatcher is the same thing. The Tories see the '80s as the golden era. Now they are looking for someone to emulate her. Liz Truss thought she was the next Thatcher. Now Kemi thinks she is the one. I saw a clip recently where it was said that instead of a handbag she has braids and glasses. Gimme a break.

[@LavalvlCzar]

A significant portion of Reaganism was copy & pasted from Thatcherism, even going as far as saying Margaret was an inspiration.

[@susanparkauntiesuze5447]

Give over, the only similarities is that they were both snobs. Thatcher had policies that did benefit the UK, Badenock has WEF policies.

[@hayleys-c3u]

Exactly.

[@pumpkinpaper]

"Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus".** **Margaret Thatcher

[@OBJUAN.]

More likely the next Liz Truss!

[@johnfoord9444]

I heard her interviewed today and she honestly thought that a reasonable answer re Partgate was that she didn't agree with the way the country was shut down. I mean WTAF - does she not understand that as her party made the law it was duty bound, as we all were, to follow it!!!! More of the same. Too dim to realise that is not the point!!!

[@JohnWilloughby-kb4jl]

Will still vote for reform uk 🇬🇧

[@JohnHutchinson-bl7nj]

Never got over John Major pulling down his white Y fronts.

[@jonnobloggs8642]

Edwina pulled them down quite regularly .

[@robinwhitebeam3955]

No , for many reasons.

[@dazzwsmith]

Utter nonsense.

[@janetmoore6036]

No.

[@petegarnett7731]

Surely she could not do as much damage to the country as Thatcher did?

[@AbbaFan-ib4sf]

The next Thatcher? Don’t make me laugh!

[@keifer7813]

Imagine wanting to be compared to Thatcher

[@carpetsonline3718]

No way, she's not British.

[@adamskistotty]

Coming from a Carpet

[@joshuaolanrewaju59]

Wake up from your slumber

[@carpetsonline3718]

@@joshuaolanrewaju59 Donald Trump 🤣🤣🤣❤️

[@carpetsonline3718]

@@adamskistotty Meaning ? 🤣🤣

[@carpetsonline3718]

Well ????

[@SENEX12]

I don't think so, no. She is just in the bizarre privileged position to be able to speak her mind without fear of being branded. If you want to speak the truth, find a 'minority' woman.

[@MoAzam-v5u]

Kemi can't tie the shoe laces of thatcher

[@colincole7075]

Both of them just as bad the snobs

[@tahiti1]

Why compare only females to Margaret Thatcher, that's sexism in itself!

[@evgeniam685]

It's common sense.

[@DavePocklington]

No

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

more like Idi Amin ...

[@johnadamski6246]

😂😂😂😂Comedy gold ,absolutely DELUSIONAL. A dinosaur clutching at straws .Keep taking taking the tablets Edwina

[@valeriemay7391]

Almost as bad as Ann Widecombe!

[@arynrowland862]

You guys do this with EVERY woman PM. May, Truss (at the VERY beginning😂) , and now Badenoch. Thatcher was an original, she can never be replicated.

[@johnfoord9444]

Thank God!

[@louisemiller3784]

I couldn’t care, if she can sort Britain that’s good enough for me

[@moomin7461]

She can't.

[@robhenley8408]

Can someone explain how this woman can represent British values , when she started her British residence at 16 ??

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

At age 44 she has had 28 years to learn British values.

[@fabiennemitchell2371]

Haven't you watched her in Parliament, interviews and read her articles defending British traditions and culture from the liberal parties and Labour who want to bow down to multiculturalism?

[@robhenley8408]

If I spent 28 years with the Yoruba tribe , could I be elected a leader ??

[@danjohnny3900]

And you whom have lived your whole lives here, do you embody all British values? If she didn't, I am not sure how she would have won the votes of a major party?

[@robhenley8408]

Are you suggesting that the Conservative Party possesses common sense??

[@Gavin48]

There is no "Next Thatcher". Maggie was one of a kind. The rest are poor imitations

[@Joe90MC]

She can never be Thatcher. Her first speech was dismal

[@christinalaing3018]

She’s giving the wrong arrogant opinions as her predecessors 😡

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

her predecessors were living in the jungle..not Great Britain.

[@samcarena4702]

No she is the next bad enoch

[@cklee804]

What about ...comparing to Liz Truss ?

[@SergioLeon-e2e]

The new leader of the Tory Party Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke is the last nail of the Tory coffin.

[@LuzDoSol-yr5bv]

No. Margaret Tacther, when I saw her old speeches and her policies, she was a very intelligent woman. Kemi remains to be seen.

[@Lonewolf__666]

Kemi is very intelligent

[@fr.sundayikpe2096]

Kemi is greatly intelligent

[@paulbird3235]

Edwina also served 'under' John Major didn't she.😉😆😁... Good on yer girl!.

[@sylviabaxter265]

Quite literally.

[@MarciaWilson-hq9ii]

She's not zn engineer she's software hack big difference and she no Thatcher

[@bodemaxwell]

Being taken for granted is sometimes a good thing in politics. Most people in the United States and around the world laughed at the thought of Trump becoming president. Today, there’s hardly anyone laughing at him now. Kemi couldn’t have been a stranger to being taken for granted, but as she has demonstrated she has the ability to defy the odds rise to the top.

[@stephenharwood720]

She thinks she is but she's not

[@Dani20240]

If you don't remove Kemi so I will NOT vote for Tory anymore.

[@AJ-ch6fu]

You shouldn't either way, what did they do in 14 years? They are WEF

[@paulyoung4422]

Kemi Bad Enough isn't the next Margaret Thatcher. She is the next General Idi Amin.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Great, he was very good at getting rid of people he didn't like.

[@MrMegan1962]

Yer hope so

[@AziengbemiJustice-tw2ch]

Exactly what the world needs.

[@fabiennemitchell2371]

Does the panel think Dawn Butler will also consider that Kemi Badenoch is the next Mrs Thatcher?

[@raymondfitzgerald-kuhl5976]

Whose going to vote labour or conservative ever again?

[@tango6nf477]

Where di they dig her up from, I thought she was dead?

[@knoxyish]

the next thatcher???? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣oh yeah!!!!

[@hayleys-c3u]

There is no next Thatcher in the UK because no one has the guts she did, to take the hard choices, be unpopular with some sections of society and stick to their own ideals.

[@adeyemioladele]

We Yorubas of Nigeria are happy that Kemi grew up wherever she could develop her talents unlike Nigeria where the Northern Fulanis would have treated her like an ordinary woman

[@dougie6886]

Thatcher was a typical woman. Never listens to reason

[@leehenry5764]

Thatcher was at least English, Kemi is Nigerian. Facts matter!

[@alphaess1]

Kemi was born in London.

[@Jimmyboy-c3po]

Nigerian Heritage ​@@alphaess1

[@leehenry5764]

@alphaess1 And? Rudyard kipling was born in India, never ever classed as Indian.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

@@leehenry5764 To be factually correct he was born in British India in 1865. It was the glory days of the British Empire, when Britain was the most powerful country on earth.

[@leehenry5764]

@@jjefferyworboys8138 My point still stands though.

[@TrevorBarre]

Are you kidding? I couldn't stand Thatcher, but she was a skilled politician and speaker, whereas Badenoch barely belongs in a student union debate.

[@MauriceUdeh]

Yes, I see that spirit in her.❤

[@kevinbaird7277]

🎉Badenoch is no Thatcher, from the mid 70's until 1990 one woman stood alone and was determinded enormous change was needed, she delivered, Badenoch couldn't deliver a bottle of milk.

[@colincole7075]

The thatchers took plenty of milks away ?

[@lynclarke6184]

Look at these past women MPs - beautiful,y groomed and dressed then compare to Rayner in her ghastly green trouser suit and Reeves with her ill fitting suit and fussy necklines plus a crooked hair parting. Embarrassing.

[@Ladynipchick2]

😂

[@cato1684]

I would like to see the Labour MP’s change their style. I think they go too far on trying not to be “posh”.

[@JOzzie-u8z]

Dont insult Margaret thatcher

[@therealdealwithkevinbhagaloo]

What we have to remember is that Thatcher is Thatcher and she did what she had to do during her time. Kemi has great potential and has a golden opportunity to show what she Kemi is made of as she would have her own leadership style. As far as I am concerned, no one can put their feet in Thatcher's shoes. But what would work for Kemi is that she should start by trying to re group and unite the Conservatives moving forward. I think she would do very well.

[@XX-wd9xn]

People hate starmer 😢🎉😂

[@tahiti1]

More likely the next lettuce!!

[@donaldanderson6604]

Both divisive and barking mad. I lived through Thatcherism and it was not very nice. She sold off the nation's family silver and started the hollowing out of public services. Her legacy was a deregulated financial situation which led directly to the bank bail out in 2008. If it was a financial crisis, it was entirely self-inflicted.

[@Bia08121975]

Admit it! She has the wrong color for most Tories.

[@philsmith4218]

Are you allowed to say that? I hadn't noticed, I was too busy looking at the gap in her teeth!😊

[@khlk9485]

well said.Tories here are already over the moon with the Black Thatcher remarks lol

[@whocares264]

like kamala, wrong colour for america

[@lindacurrie8817]

Edwina Currie has lost it and Kemi has not got it. The clock is tick tocking not long until Badenoch is walking. Kemi and her ego and that ego will be her down fall

[@Incognito-turnip]

Most people wont vote for her. She lacks charisma and isn’t likable. Good luck tories lol

[@brianmorecombe2726]

To me Thatcher is a swear word.The tories cant make of more awful mess than she made.5 million unemployed.The tories have changed and thank god they have and i think Tony Blair forced them after he was pm.Kemi Badenoch hopefully will never rake back the old tory days of thatcher

[@PaulWilson-r7m]

Margaret Thatcher was the best…

[@ajanigodwin3538]

Kemi is a warrior.

[@Drivyaz77]

thatcher will be turning in her grave

[@valeriemay7391]

I think she must've turned a few times over the last 14 years!

[@Bindersandcash19]

Nope

[@user-gf5lc6ue7b]

The world truly has gone mad. Badenoch is nothing like Margaret Thatcher, the mere suggestion that she is is an insult to the greatest PM we’ve ever had next to Winston Churchill

[@GrahamJackson-j2s]

No, because she will never get into power.

[@gemerique]

A bold prediction: not only Kemi can deliver for the Torries, she will be nicknamed the Prime Kemister!

[@terencefield3204]

Margaret Thatcher was British as I recall.

[@lich2560]

Vile … just vile … as per the OED

[@dalebenton3354]

I remember her,Margaret Thatcher as PM in the 1980's never liked her as well,Many others also did not like her,Enough Riots kicking of then as well,They like the Tories now days,Now got red Tories in,What ever next

[@issiewizzie]

As a teenager for some strange reason, I really used to fancy Edwina Currie ... Yep she's was old enough to to be my aunt

[@stephenhill545]

Did you fancy Thatcher?

[@issiewizzie]

@ now that’s just weird😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@domi9577]

In February it'll be 50 years since Maggie became leader.

[@jake751]

Yes what a nightmare 😪