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Camy badok has been elected leader of
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the conservative party but who is she
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and what does she want to do the
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44-year-old MP for Northwest Essex
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triumphed over rival Robert genrich to
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win the Tory leadership contest this
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weekend born in London to Nigerian
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parents she grew up in Legos Nigeria and
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the US before returning to study in the
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UK age 16 she worked at McDonald's and
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studied Computer Engineering at the
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University of Sussex achieving a
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master's degree before entering politics
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Bok who is married with three children
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worked in banking it and financial
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services studied law and was digital
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director of the right-leaning spectator
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magazine after joining the conservative
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party aged 25 she was elected to
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London's City Hall in 2015 and as an MP
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for Saffron Walden now Northwest Essex
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in 2017 Bok became a minister in Boris
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Johnson's government but later resigned
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over the Chris pincher Scandal and stood
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to replace him she served as trade
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secretary under Liz truss then backed
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richy zunac to take over from her her
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cabinet role was expanded to cover
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business as well as international trade
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and she also became women and equality
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secretary after retaining her seat at
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the July 2024 election Bon not Gran to
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succeed sunak as party leader beating
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her five rival candidates with her
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renewal 2030 campaign to become the
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first black woman to lead a Westminster
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political party and what does she want
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to achieve benok is widely seen as an
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outspoken and anti-woke politician who
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is on the right of the Tory party
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with her political Heroes including
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Churchill and margarth Archer as a
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minister she was critical of Concepts
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including White Privilege critical race
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Theory and identity politics and calls
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herself a gender critical feminist
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including opposing moves towards gender
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self ID during her leadership campaign
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badok pledged to rewire the way the
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British State and institutions work to
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ensure the conservatives are the party
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of wealth creation and has also argued
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for restoring the winter fuel payment to
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pensioners she also faced criticism for
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her comments about maternity pay being
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excessive which she said were
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misrepresented Bok also denied
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accusations of bullying staff at the
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business department as completely false
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she now faces the task of reunifying her
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party following July's brutal election
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defeat and taking on Kia st's labor
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government with conservative arguments
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including at her very first pmqs this
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Wednesday what do you make of Ky badok
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