Badenoch denies ‘British Iron Dome’ plan – after Tories use phrase in press release
Kemi Badenoch is due to give a speech to close the Conservative party conference on Wednesday. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenKemi Badenoch is due to give a speech to close the Conservative party conference on Wednesday. The Tories are still polling below their 2024 election defeat.“We are feeling chipper because we are going back to first principles,” she told the BBC.
- ▪Kemi Badenoch is due to give a speech to close the Conservative party conference on Wednesday.
- ▪Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenKemi Badenoch is due to give a speech to close the Conservative party conference on Wednesday.
- ▪The Tories are still polling below their 2024 election defeat.“We are feeling chipper because we are going back to first principles,” she told the BBC.
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Kemi Badenoch is due to give a speech to close the Conservative party conference on Wednesday. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenKemi Badenoch is due to give a speech to close the Conservative party conference on Wednesday. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty ImagesKemi BadenochBadenoch denies plan for ‘British Iron Dome’ – after Tories use phrase in press releaseLeader also says party is ‘not out of the woods’ and she would rather have another election than form coalition with Reform Jessica Elgot Deputy political editorTue 6 Oct 2026 17.15 EDTFirst published on Tue 6 Oct 2026 04.27 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleKemi Badenoch has denied she compared a new air defence system proposed by the Conservative party to Israel’s Iron Dome, despite using the term…
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