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British politicians should focus on happenings in the UK, not Nigeria, others — Kemi Badenoch
Adam Mosadioluwa

UK Conservative Party Leader, Kemi Badenoch who asked UK politicians to focus on what is happening in UK pose

Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, has called for more political focus on domestic affairs, stating that politicians in the United Kingdom (UK) should prioritise British issues over matters in other countries including Nigeria.

Speaking on GB News, Badenoch reasserted her position that her primary identity is British, stating that her ancestry and early upbringing in Nigeria do not define her present political outlook.

“Well, I think that the BBC certainly wrote that headline. It wasn’t quite what I said, but it is true. My main identity is as British. That is what I see myself as,” she said in the interview shared on TikTok on Tuesday.

Her remarks come amid continuing debates around the role of identity and foreign policy in British politics.

Badenoch criticised what she described as a trend among some Labour MPs to speak more on international issues than on problems affecting the UK.

“I think that as a politician in this country, we need to be very focused on what is happening here, not what’s happening elsewhere. And every day, I see loads of Labour MPs in particular talking about every other country except the UK,” she said.

She further argued that integration and a firm commitment to British values and interests should be central to both residents and politicians.

“If you come to this country, you need to be very focused on making sure that you integrate. And if you’re a politician, you need to be 100% focused on British issues. And that’s basically what I was saying.”

Her comments follow a previous disclosure on the Rosebud podcast, where she revealed she had not renewed her Nigerian passport in over two decades and no longer considers herself Nigerian.

“I’m Nigerian through ancestry, by birth, despite not being born there because of my parents, but by identity I’m not really. I know the country very well, I have a lot of family there, and I’m very interested in what happens there,” she said during the August 1 episode.

DMCY:
I guess kemi can’t piece one or 2 words together without blabbing her mouth about 9ja 😏 …

Natbrowny:
The crazy thing about this arrangement is that. If this Kemz fumbles in some decision on things in the UK. The UK people will still refer to her as Nigerian.

When things are favoring the west, they call u Their own.
When it goes south, they call u exactly who u are.

AJ won a fight, UK tabloids says the Brit won again. We are proud
When AJ lost, same tabloids writes British Nigerian Lost. Just to remind us he has 9ja roots

Natbrowny:
The crazy thing about this arrangement is that. If this Kemz fumbles in some decision on things in the UK. The UK people will still refer to her as Nigerian.

When things are favoring the west, they call u Their own.
When it goes south, they call u exactly who u are.

AJ won a fight, UK tabloids says the Brit won again. We are proud
When AJ lost, same tabloids writes British Nigerian Lost. Just to remind us he has 9ja roots

Natbrowny:
The crazy thing about this arrangement is that. If this Kemz fumbles in some decision on things in the UK. The UK people will still refer to her as Nigerian.

When things are favoring the west, they call u Their own.
When it goes south, they call u exactly who u are.

AJ won a fight, UK tabloids says the Brit won again. We are proud
When AJ lost, same tabloids writes British Nigerian Lost. Just to remind us he has 9ja roots

yemre:
I disagree with Kemi on this. She forgot that He who sells his own cheaply will never be bought dearly.

Why is she now bothered that some politicians talk about what happens in her country after she decided to wash her own dirty linen in the public.

Neddstark:
What did Nigeria do to this woman to make her hate this country so much?