To think Kemi Badenoch is starting to talk an increasing amount of sense

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Never voted conservative a day in my life.

Seriously comsidering it after recent performances

Banning extremist marches is sensible. When the green party considers Gaza more of a priority than the UK economy because of religious sympathy issues, the green party is toast. I didn't like them before that, but the notion of adding 1% to my tax bill to rebuild Hamas tunnels in Gaza.... on which planet am I, a British woman, going to vote in favour of such idiocy? Never!

It’s like an episode of Friends ‘The one where Starmer wipes the floor with the opposition leader at PMQ’s’….

Because the opposition parties don't release a manifesto until the GE campaign.

Pro Palestine marches are not extremist. People have the right to march for Palestine if they have the right to march for Robinson

Is that a Green policy? Surely not!

Omg no. No. Do not trust a single word she says. She’s dangerous.

Oh come on every other opposite party has something! She has zilch- just criticism of Starmer.

It is a policy proposal by candidates closely linked to the Green Party @Desperatelyseekinglazysusan .

I am 57 and I have been marching all my life for many causes. If people allow Tommy Robinson to march they allow people to march for Palestine. I have Palestinian friends. I am not an extremist and I don't vote green either.

I would be happy to pay money to help the people of Palestine. My mum and I used to visit asylum seekers in Dungavel in Scotland and I've seen the back stories - my friend disappeared after being granted asylum as he was so scared of being sent back to be killed by the Israelis. We never saw or heard from him again

He was told he would be shot on sight if he stepped off a plane

By the way. I don't like Polsnski either. I think he's a career politician but I really am not going to sit on this thread and clap kemi when she's pro Tommeh and against people marching for Palestine. That will be the hill I die on

Perhaps she is worried about her own position when it becomes apparent that 500+ seats have been lost on her watch? Johnson only lasted about four months after losing a similar number.

So not green party policy then. Thanks for clarifying

Google is your friend if you are genuinely interested in what she's said so far. I'll give you scrapping stamp duty, and scrapping PS Vat as a starter.
But I stand by my comment that we don't know what will be in the manifestos until the GE. Opposition parties don't have/need policies. Their job is to oppose the government. The clue is in the name.

“Islamophobia” is a term made up by the Muslim brotherhood to deflect legitimate questioning of Islamic extremism. For example 75% of Mi5’s watch list are Muslim. All the attacks on British Jews have been carried out by Muslims. Pakistani Muslim grooming gangs used allegations of racism to keep operating. Cousin marriage is causing material strain on the NHS in parts of the UK. We need to be able to discuss these things.

Middle Eastern countries are baffled as to why we tolerate extremism.

if you think Israel is more of a problem than Iran, Russia, China or the Taliban then you come across as motivated by anti semitism.

Balls

Unless you live in north Essex you won't be voting for her anyway, we vote for a MP in a GE, that's the person who is going to represent you in Parliament. Pointless voting because you like the leader of the party unless they are your MP, or you are a member of the party ?
Even if she got in the next election, the Conservatives would be plotting her demise before she had chance to choose the new wallpaper for No 10.

There are 6 million or so Muslims in the UK and less than 300,000 Jews. Yet the risk of antisemitic attacks are higher

Scrapping Private school fees!🤣Is that it? Not sure that will go down well with the majority of the electorate who can’t afford private. Jeez she’s hardly going to walk into Downing Street with that.

Reform of the welfare state.

Something Starmer could not get past his back benches….

Let's stop this nonsense that if you are pro Palestine you are anti semitic. Because it's horse shit. Maybe ask Corbyn on that one. Cousin marriage. Give me strength

Wrong. They've cut lwcra in half for new claimants

You do realise you and @MulberryBrandyare actually posting a fair bit on this thread. But really it’s Starmer that needs a team rn, given incoming trouncing.

As I said, Google is your friend Ginger, if you're genuinely interested (you clearly aren't).

What are we talking? Round numbers?

Hit me.

I don't do marches, mainly because we don't have many locally. We prefer to turn out for health initiatives and charity fundraisers. But when I have encountered pro-Palestinian activists in my local city centre and decline to agree with them, I have been shouted at. Shame on you. To which my response is "Shame on you" for being taken in by a repressive, anti-liberal, homophobic bunch of control freaks who are as bonkers as the Wee Frees. Religion driven control is all drivel. Anyone who buys the biscuit is a fool.

Anyway, back to the point of the thread. I’ve found Kemi consistently impressive. She was on top of her brief when she was women and equalities minister and she’s really
grown in stature as leader of the opposition.

she’s got principles and seem to stand by them rather than flip flopping.