Badenoch has wrapped up her speech. A quick recap…
- Pledged to repeal the Public Sector Equality Duty “in its entirety“.
- Insisted this was separate from the Equality Act and wouldn’t scrap discrimination protections.
- Called the duty “a minefield that exposes almost every significant public decision to legal challenge“.
- Said equality law should be “a shield, not a sword“.
- Argued institutions had become “institutionally incompetent” through fear of racism accusations.
- Linked the move to anger over the police response to Henry Nowak’s murder.
- Defended tripling stop and search, saying it would mean “more black lives are saved“.
- Attacked Labour as “not yet sure anything is wrong“.
- Said Reform’s plan to scrap the Equality Act would “make it legal to discriminate against white people“.
- Said she was elected to “unravel the Blairite legal settlement“.
- Told JD Vance he was “completely wrong” to blame migration for Nowak’s death.
- Agreed with Idris Elba that James Bond shouldn’t be made “woke“.
- Said the Belfast knife attack raised questions about “failings around our borders“.
