The Nigerian Vice-President has launched an attack on Kemi Badenoch, accusing her of “denigrating the country and making it sound like a leper colony.“ Blimey…
Kashim Shettima said in a speech on migration yesterday:
“Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the British Conservative party. We are proud of her in spite of her efforts at denigrating her nation of origin… She is entitled to her own opinions; she has even every right to remove the Kemi from her name but that does not underscore the fact that the greatest Black nation on earth is the nation called Nigeria.”
A senior presidential adviser then confirmed to the FT that those words are “official.” Badenoch has long discussed her experiences from youth before emigration to the UK: “I saw what socialism is for millions. It’s poverty and broken dreams”…
A spokesman for Kemi Badenoch hits back: “Kemi is not interested in doing Nigeria’s PR, she is the Leader of the Opposition in the UK.” Yikes…
In Henry Mance’s piece today for the FT, lunching with Nigel Farage:
“Splendido!” Farage says, when the drinks arrive; I suppose it’s a step to European reconciliation. We clink glasses, and he lights the first of two back-to-back Benson & Hedges. A few minutes later, we’re back downstairs. “Are you drinking? Good.” He orders a glass of Sauvignon blanc for each of us — not a bottle, “because it’s Lent” — followed by a bottle of claret, to have with our meal. They say Farage drinks less than he used to. They say a lot of things.”