Kemi Badenoch Wins Conservative Leadership, Vows Party Renewal, A Return to Traditional Values

Badenoch, now the first Black woman to lead a major UK political party, aims to steer the Conservatives back to their founding principles, criticising what she describes as a drift toward “governing from the left.”

“The time has come to tell the truth,” Badenoch declared to supporters at the final count of the leadership contest, which ended on Saturday. “It is time to get down to business, it is time to renew.”