LONDON (AP) — The first Black woman to lead a major U.K. political party, Kemi Badenoch is an upbeat and outspoken libertarian ... “I meet a lot of people who assume that things are good here because things are good here and they always will be.

The new Tory leader wouldn’t be anywhere near the job had she not been willing to say the kind of things that would see a white politician vilified, says Mirror columnist

We need to talk about Dawn Butler. Following the election of the first ever black leader of a major party in this country, Ms Butler took to X not to congratulate but to sneer. Not to cheer this

Badenoch said the Conservatives have veered toward the political center by "governing from the left" and must return to its traditional ideas.

A staunch partisan for Israel, Badenoch has denounced pro-Palestinian protesters as 'protesting against Jews under the guise of attacking Israel'

*New opposition leader vows to hold government to account, return her party to power

Britain’s Conservative Party has elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power

Kemi Badenoch is the new leader of the Conservative Party, defeating Robert Jenrick in the final round of voting. Badenoch, who was raised in Nigeria, is the first black woman to lead a major political party in the UK and takes over a Conservative Party reeling from its worst ever election defeat.

Kemi Badenoch became the Conservatives' new leader and the first Black woman to a head a major British political party on Saturday, after winning a leadership contest on a promise to return the party to its founding principles.