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UK Conservative Party choose Kemi Badenoch as new leader

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UK Conservative Party choose Kemi Badenoch as new leader

UK Conservative Party choose Kemi Badenoch as new leader

Britain's Conservative Party has elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader, becoming the first Black woman to lead a major political party in the UK.

Badenoch succeeds former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, whose tenure was marked by the Conservatives' worst election performance since 1832.


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