Kemi Badenoch warns identity politics could lead to long-term civil war in the UK
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Nick Watt
29d ago· 3 min readenNews
Summary
Kemi Badenoch, leader of the Conservative Party, warned in a BBC Radio 4 documentary that identity politics and political conflict could lead to civil war in the UK long-term. She argued that Britain is not a racist country but that rising hostility across ethnic lines is being fueled by political divisions imported from both the left and the right. The comments come amid fallout from a teenager's murder and subsequent protests in Southampton.
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bskyKemi Badenoch warns identity politics could lead to long-term civil war in the UKbbc.co.ukKey quotes
· 3 pulledThis is not a racist country.
But now we are seeing more and more hostility to people of every ethnicity, whether they're English or not English, because people are bringing political conflict into an area where we didn't have political conflict.
And it's the political conflict, I think, that could lead to civil war in the long term.
In an interview for a BBC Radio 4 documentary, England's Identity Crisis, the Conservative leader warned of rising tensions as groups on the left and the right.
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