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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
John Crace

MYSTERIOUS: Kemi the attention seeker somehow always makes two plus two equal five - You Need To See This

Kemi Badenoch in hi-vis orange trousers sitting at the drilling controls of an oil rig
Kemi Badenoch at the drilling controls of the Well-Safe Protector oil rig in the Port of Aberdeen on Monday. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Losing sleep over the war in Iran? Worried sick about the cost of living? Can’t pay your energy bills? Then relax. Because Kemi Badenoch has a displacement activity for you.

It’s becoming increasingly easy to understand the Conservative leader by viewing her as a hyperactive five-year-old at the back of the class who is constantly disruptive. Who can’t get through a lesson without some kind of attention-seeking behaviour. Who has a constant desire to be indulged even though her first reactions are invariably wrong. Who flies into a temper tantrum when anyone dares to challenge her.

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