Kemi Badenoch

The right has to be more than the Tory party.

— Kemi Badenoch

Conversion therapy is a very complex issue.

— Kemi Badenoch

Labour doesn't have a monopoly on non-white people.

— Kemi Badenoch

I am a black conservative.

— Kemi Badenoch

I tend to be such a generalist.

— Kemi Badenoch

Misogyny is definitely something that's wrong.

— Kemi Badenoch

Free speech is never out of the news.

— Kemi Badenoch

I love the philosophy around the rule of law.

— Kemi Badenoch

The amount I have cost the NHS for maternity services is phenomenal.

— Kemi Badenoch

I don't think every offensive comment is racism. But when I see real prejudice I have to call it out.

— Kemi Badenoch

The phrase 'white privilege' is unnecessarily antagonistic.

— Kemi Badenoch

People have the same issues wherever they come from. Schools. Hospitals.

— Kemi Badenoch

We've got gay marriage, and civil partnerships, so what are transsexuals looking for?

— Kemi Badenoch

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

— Kemi Badenoch

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

— Kemi Badenoch

My favorite artist has not changed since I was five years old: Michael Jackson.

— Kemi Badenoch

Identity politics may claim to defend the rights of individuals, but increasingly it has become a mechanism for undermining the freedom of…

— Kemi Badenoch

With the rise of identity politics, the expression of naked prejudice against members of a supposedly privileged group has become mainstream.

— Kemi Badenoch

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

— Kemi Badenoch

For many immigrant groups, lack of trust in authority is something they actually bring from the countries they come from.

— Kemi Badenoch

As a young black immigrant at an inner-city school, I saw how poverty of ambition left many from disadvantaged backgrounds on the…

— Kemi Badenoch

I want people to realise we're not just stuffy aristocrats and Old Etonians. There are black Tories and lots of middle and…

— Kemi Badenoch

The repetition of the victimhood narrative is really poisonous for young people because they hear it and believe it.

— Kemi Badenoch

We do not want to see teachers teaching their white pupils about white privilege and inherited racial guilt.

— Kemi Badenoch

To be honest, I think Black History Month, it's become much bigger than it used to be because a lot of people…

— Kemi Badenoch

The Sewell Commission was an opportunity to move away from discussions of 'culture wars' towards a balanced, informed discussion about race and…

— Kemi Badenoch

Growing up in Nigeria I saw real poverty - I experienced it, including living without electricity and doing my homework by candlelight,…

— Kemi Badenoch

Most black British people who have come to our shores were not brought here in chains, but came voluntarily due to their…

— Kemi Badenoch

Labour has lots of groups of people, whether it's public sector workers, nurses and so on who will push their policies out…

— Kemi Badenoch

I have already sent advice to candidates and what I have said was 'be aware that your social media profile is now…

— Kemi Badenoch

People shouldn't feel that advice has to come from people who look like them. Because if that happens, then the converse is…

— Kemi Badenoch

We should honour the memory of past members like Airey Neave by treating each other and the institution of parliament itself with…

— Kemi Badenoch

I'm black but I'm also a woman, a Mum.

— Kemi Badenoch

I've been out of work myself and hated it. Any work, even on a minimum wage, is better than none.

— Kemi Badenoch

It's not for me to challenge operational policing based on one story in the media.

— Kemi Badenoch

It's not just about being free to marry who you want, you now want to have men using women's bathrooms.

— Kemi Badenoch

I'm not just equality minister I am also a Treasury secretary.

— Kemi Badenoch

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

— Kemi Badenoch

People are a lot less likely to think that their family member is part of the government conspiracy.

— Kemi Badenoch

This is one of the best countries in the world to be a black person.

— Kemi Badenoch