KEMI BADENOCH SUGGESTS ASYLUM SEEKERS COULD BE HOUSED IN ‘CAMPS’

As Channel crossings approach 50,000, Kemi Badenoch has suggested housing asylum seekers in purpose-built, policed camps modelled on the temporary Nightingale hospitals, instead of placing them in local hotels, saying this would safeguard both migrants and host communities while easing pressure on residential areas amid rising public concern.

Kemi Badenoch has revealed she no longer identifies as Nigerian and hasn’t held a Nigerian passport in over 20 years. Kemi said her true sense of home lies with her family in the UK. Despite her Nigerian ancestry, she recalled feeling like she didn’t belong there.

In just under a day since launching on 24 July 2025, Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s prospective new political party, provisionally dubbed “Your Party,” has attracted around 200,000 supporters via its website and social media channels, according to Corbyn, signalling strong grassroots interest and posing an emerging challenge to Labour under Sir Keir Starmer.

During a heated PMQs session centred on the collapse of proposed welfare reforms, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves was moved to tears as Prime Minister Keir Starmer declined to confirm if she would stay in her post, with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch subsequently branding her “a human shield” for Labour’s struggling strategy.

Tommy Robinson, born Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, has been released early from HMP Woodhill after the High Court reduced his 18-month sentence for contempt of court by four months. The decision followed his application to purge the contempt, with the judge noting a "change in attitude" and assurances of future compliance.

Nigel Farage has reignited debate over gender roles in the workplace, stating that men are more willing to sacrifice family life for career success compared to women. Speaking to journalists in Westminster, the Reform UK leader argued that modern society is overly "feminising" young men and that women make "different life choices" when it comes to professional ambition.

New surveillance footage has surfaced showing Chris Kaba involved in a nightclub shooting just days before his death, sparking fresh debate after the acquittal of Officer Martyn Blake, who fatally shot Kaba. While Blake was cleared of all charges based on the immediate circumstances of the shooting, the video raises difficult questions about whether Kaba’s prior actions should influence public perception of the case. The release of this footage challenges narratives on both sides, prompting reflection on issues of accountability, police use of force, and justice.

One of the Tory party’s most controversial figures, Kemi Badenoch, has stated that parenting is a “two-person job” in response to Tory backbencher Sir Christopher Chope, who claimed Badenoch was too “preoccupied with her kids” to lead.

In a widely circulated interview with Times Radio, Conservative MP and leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch added yet another controversial speech to her red-flag fuelled sermons. The 44-year-old shadow housing and communities secretary is no stranger to rubbing people up the wrong way, but this time she has been accused of suggesting that maternity pay is “excessive”.