One of my favourite Kemi Badenoch moments is from May this year, when during a walkabout in Essex she was heckled by a protester who accused her of ‘pandering to the Right’ for defending British Jews against anti-Semitism.
Quick as a flash, she turned on her heel, faced them down, and said: ‘No: I am the Right.’ It was an extraordinary exchange, because it showed in one fleeting, unscripted moment, exactly why Badenoch has gone from being the last throw of the dice for a disillusioned and discredited Conservative Party to being the best and only hope for an effective opposition.
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