Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has defended her approach to politics, saying she is 'doing politics differently', following a testy interview with Laura Kuenssberg on the BBC's Sunday programme. The interview came during the Conservative Party conference, where Badenoch unveiled a series of policy announcements.
Badenoch proposed deporting 150,000 people a year and leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). When asked about the feasibility of such deportations, she insisted that only the Conservatives had the credibility and competence to be taken seriously on immigration, despite the previous failure of the Rwanda plan.
The interview took an awkward turn when Kuenssberg questioned Badenoch's desire to leave the ECHR, noting that it would place the UK alongside Russia and Belarus as non-signatories. Badenoch responded that neither the United States nor Canada were signatories, apparently unaware that the convention is limited to European countries.
Kuenssberg pressed Badenoch on whether the Conservatives were simply trying to outflank Reform UK, to which Badenoch replied that she is 'doing politics differently'. Critics argue that under her leadership, the party has moved further backwards and that her personal ratings are in freefall.
