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Radio 4,29 Nov 2025,46 mins

Kemi Badenoch: Shooting from the hip

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

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Why did the leader of the opposition call the chancellor 'spineless' and 'shameless'? Kemi Badenoch joins Nick in the Political Thinking studio to reflect on what lay behind the personal and political debates around Budget Day. How can she emulate Margaret Thatcher's regeneration of the Conservative Party? How did anger help drive her into politics? And why do her kids wish she still worked at McDonald's? Producer: Daniel Kraemer Research: Chloe Desave Editor: Jonathan Brunert Sound: Ged Sudlow and Andrew Mills

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