Why the Very Online right has it in for Kemi Badenoch

Kemi Badenoch became the first black leader of any major UK party in two weeks .

Some on the right have accused her of being the woke left’s useful idiot’ The idea that her victory is a manifestation of anti-blackness is unhinged.

But the woke are not the only ones who have reacted hysterically.

Badenoch was born in Wimbledon and, while raised in Nigeria , has lived in the UK since she was 16 .

She was only given a place in the cabinet after coming from nowhere to finish fourth in the 2022 Tory leadership contest, beating the likes of Tom Tugendhat , Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy Hunt .

But is it really true that her race and sex have boosted her career unfairly?.

Only seven per cent of respondents saw this as a source of shame.

93 per cent disagree with the statement that to be truly British you have to be white’ (with 84 per cent strongly disagreeing) Eighty-nine per cent say that they would be happy for their child to marry someone from another ethnic group.