Option one is that this is a direct consequence on Kemi Badenoch's chronic under-preparedness – simply not checking her own previous positions. Option two is it's an indirect one – she assumes no-one else will look them up. Either is…quite bad for her prospects. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... - ThreadSky

jamesrball.com • 31 days ago

Option one is that this is a direct consequence on Kemi Badenoch's chronic under-preparedness – simply not checking her own previous positions.

Option two is it's an indirect one – she assumes no-one else will look them up.

Either is…quite bad for her prospects. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/24/kemi-badenoch-report-prevent-scheme-alienating-communities

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slcoaching.bsky.social•30 days ago

She’s an ipsedixitist. As were so many of the inhabitants of the last three or four Tory governments.

cameramansteve79.bsky.social•30 days ago

Trouble with Badenoch is, she's just a shit politician and a even worse human being..

dickyormicky.bsky.social•31 days ago

She’s an unserious, amateur, bigoted, dim culture warrior seeking to stoke division.

iebathrugby.bsky.social•30 days ago

A real lightweight politician, even worse than Johnson and Truss who I thought were as bad as it could get. You see this in the workplace all the time, promoted beyond their means and then start pointing fingers and blaming others for their failures.

candide.novellic.com•30 days ago

Or.... she just assumes if it's good enough for Starmer then it's good enough for her?

lilacliz.bsky.social•31 days ago

Option 3: both of the above, plus she thinks she is clever enough to style out any bad shit. She not only holds deeply unpleasant views, she is also chronically stupid.

ceri38.bsky.social•31 days ago

Absolutely. Time after time she does this, gets called out but ignores it. Arrogant stupidity is a dangerous thing.

markmfc1885.bsky.social•31 days ago

She wants to face every direction at the same time.

buchanan101.bsky.social•31 days ago

Maybe like Braverman she just did the photocopying?

mariuskiely.uk•30 days ago

Trouble is, they just don't care. They will say whatever they think is best at the time - truth/lies, consistency/hypocrisy, morality/corruption are utterly irrelevant to them because their supporters just don't care either. Whatever is the soundbite du jour to whip up hysteria is all that matters.

thinkitthrough.bsky.social•30 days ago

Yes, just like Trump.

stanth0rpe.bsky.social•31 days ago

Badenoch - like Gove & Johnson before her - are from the political school that teaches “say with confidence whatever is politically convenient at any point & if anyone contradicts or fact checks you, they’re a traitor”

nigelingledew.bsky.social•31 days ago

Well let's face it, that seems to be the prevailing tactic wherever you look. Furthermore, it seems to be enjoying considerable success.

stanth0rpe.bsky.social•31 days ago

Yes. If lying didn’t work, people wouldn’t lie.

sutherla.bsky.social•31 days ago

Sadly, the #Badenoch show will struggle on until the local elections, only then will she fall out a window.

vicky-r.bsky.social•30 days ago

She is such an amateur! And as a labour voter I’m all for her saying in place as long as possible!

cdog62.bsky.social•30 days ago

andygait.bsky.social•30 days ago

If the Tories want to be back in power, they need to regain the centre ground. They shouldn't be pandering to the Reform/far-right voter with a leader who would be out of her depth in a teaspoon.

jasonroberts3114.bsky.social•31 days ago

Consistency is such an old fashioned approach to politics.

All the cool kids just parrot the current zeitgeist nowadays.

stercus-uk.bsky.social•30 days ago

She may be on track to be proven even thicker than truss. If this is the calibre of the modern Conservative Party they really are buggered.

jessica84.bsky.social•30 days ago

She's only there as a token leader so they can say there not racist. Once an election is on the horizon she'll be out on her ear for someone they actually want.

deanm97.bsky.social•30 days ago

It’s very fortunate for her that she never has to apologise because she always thinks things through thoroughly and never mis-speaks 🤪

irduxbury.bsky.social•30 days ago

These blatant opportunists are so corrupted with aspirations of
power, they fail to appreciate that people who care, keep the receipts.

deebscan.bsky.social•30 days ago

KB seems to have taken on the characteristics of a wind vane. A true follower 💨 🤪

execrable.bsky.social•31 days ago

There is no option. It was both. You don't bother checking up on yourself when you assume that no-one else will and if they do you just bluff and brazen your way through it with the help of Elon Musk. Your mindless followers don't care anyway. Ask Trump. This is where we are as society.

markdyer.bsky.social•31 days ago

The whole party seems to have collective amnesia that has wiped the last 15 years from their memories. She's not the first Tory since the election to inadvertently blame themselves for something they are trying to blame on the new government.

leydene.bsky.social•31 days ago

She doesn't research because according to her she is never wrong

tyke.bsky.social•30 days ago

She may just be adopting the Trumpian tactic of saying stuff that is nonsensical and inconsistent whilst relying on a friendly media and her personal appeal as a demagogue to get away with it. Problem is she’s useless at demagoguery and the right wing media are increasingly Reform UK friendly.

daggerforest.com•31 days ago

she'll be gone sooner than later

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