British “Conservative” Party leader Olukemi “Kemi” Badenoch’s denouncement of Nigel Farage for saying “white lives matter too” as “tribalism” contrasts with her in promoting DEI initiatives when she was in government.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Olukemi Olufunto “Kemi” Adegoke Badenoch, the Nigeria-raised leader of Britain’s “Conservative” Party, publicly denounced Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage for promoting “tribalism” and “taking sides” when he said “white lives matter too” following the murder and wrongful arrest of white teenager Henry Nowak. However, her record as Minister of State for Equalities in the former Conservative government shows she endorsed DEI-driven recruitment in the police and the judiciary. 📰 DETAIL: The “Inclusive Britain” report, which Badenoch pioneered as Minister for Women and Equalities, declares that “promoting and celebrating diversity is hugely important.” In her foreword to the April 2023 update on the report, she describes its initiative as “pioneering” and said she was “proud” to have her name on it. Still live on GOV.UK, it boasts that the stop-and-search disparity between black and white ethnic groups had “decreased substantially,” that Britain had reached its highest-ever proportion of ethnic minority police officers since records began, and that, following a campaign Badenoch launched in 2022, more than 1 in 5 magistrate applicants were from an ethnic minority background. “We are committed to improving diversity in the judiciary and the MoJ is working with the Judicial Diversity Forum to improve the rate of progress of under-represented groups into judicial posts,” the report stresses. 💬 KEY QUOTE: “I am also pleased to report that as of December 2022, we now have the highest proportion of ethnic minority police officers since records began and following our campaign launched in 2022 to broaden the diversity of the magistracy, more than 1 in 5 of those who applied to be magistrates were from an ethnic minority background.” – Kemi Badenoch 🎯 IMPACT: Badenoch’s efforts to paint Nigel Farage as promoting identity politics while she is opposed to it in all forms have lost credibility in light of her record in government. While she said, “I don’t want to hear about black lives matter, I don’t want to hear about white lives matter” following Henry Nowak’s murder, she publicly stated that “Black lives do matter” following the death of George Floyd in 2020. |
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