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Kemi Badenoch claims she 'became working class' after securing a job at McDonald's as a teenager

Kemi Badenoch has claimed she grew up in a middle-class family but “became working class” after getting a job at McDonald’s aged 16. The Tory MP, who is currently in the race to become the party’s next leader, made the comments during an appearance on Chopper’s Political Podcast with Christopher Hope. “I grew up in a middle-class family, but I became working class when I was 16 working in McDonald’s,” Ms Badenoch said. Her claim soon went viral …

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Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch has claimed she became working class when she worked for American fast-food company McDonald’s. Speaking to Christopher Hope of GB News the MP for North West Essex attempted to bolster her woman of the people appeal by suggesting she understands the struggles of the working man because she flipped burgers for a short period.  Badenoch is currently trailing Robert Jenrick in the Tory leadership race ahead of …

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Kemi Badenoch says she became working class after working in McDonald's

The former business secretary, who is campaigning to become the next Conservative Party leader, said there was a “humility” to the job she took on at 16, describing days cleaning toilets and “flipping burgers”. She told Chopper’s Political Podcast with Christopher Hope that her time at McDonald’s was the “first time I ever interacted properly with people who didn’t come from the sort of background that I came from”. Politics Live: Minister dismi…

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Kemi Badenoch Claims She 'became Working Class' After Securing A Job At McDonald's As A Teenager - Great Yorkshire Radio

Tory leadership contender Kemi Badenoch has been brutally mocked after claiming that she became working class when she worked at McDonald’s. Badenoch, who is hoping to replace Rishi Sunak as Tory Party leader, made the comments in an interview with GB News as she attempted to show that she had much in common with ordinary brits and tried to claim she had a working-class background. The MP for North West Essex, who is trailing Robert Jenrick in t…

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Kemi Badenoch brutally mocked for claiming that she ‘became working class after working in McDonald’s’

The Tory leadership race still has more than six weeks to run, which is weird because it’s been going on for at least six years. Four hopefuls are waiting in the wings, competing to come up with the most right-wing policies they can push without actually joining Reform UK Ltd., and those hopefuls are Robert […] The post Kemi Badenoch claims she became working class when she got a job in McDonald’s – 17 McTakedowns appeared first on The Poke.

Kemi Badenoch claims she 'became working class' after securing a job at McDonald's as a teenager

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