Partygate scandal was ‘overblown’, says Badenoch

Kemi Badenoch: Partygate was overblown and Boris Johnson was great

Conservative leader plays down the Downing Street parties on her first day amid calls for the Labour MP Dawn Butler to lose the whip over a ‘racism’ post

Kemi Badenoch says government shouldn't have been fined for partygate

Ms Badenoch appeared on the BBC flagship political show on her first full day as Tory leader (Credits: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA Wire) The Partygate scandal was ‘overblown’ and the Government should not have fined people for breaking lockdown rules, Kemi Badenoch has said. Ms Badenoch appeared on the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg – a day after beating Robert Jenrick to become leader of the Conservative Party. And the first Black woman to lead a maj…

Kemi Badenoch: Partygate was 'overblown' and government should not have issued lockdown breach fines

Kemi Badenoch has defended Boris Johnson as a ‘great’ Prime Minister and said the UK Government should not have created fixed penalty notices for lockdown breaches

Kemi Badenoch says partygate scandal was 'overblown'

The new Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said the partygate scandal was "overblown" and the government should not have fined people for "everyday activities" during lockdown.

'Kemi Badenoch is better than Margaret Thatcher in the House of Commons,' says ex-Tory minister

Former Conservative Minister Edwina Currie compared the new Tory leader Kemi Badenoch to her old boss Margaret Thatcher on GB News. The comments come as Kemi Badenoch has been elected as the leader of the Conservative party yesterday.Speaking to Mark Dolan Currie said: "I think she's very good. I must say, when the announcement was made, Mark, I felt quite relieved. I thought, we have somebody who is aware of how economies work, who is aware of …