Badenoch: Starmer's finished and Polanski's a joke - we're the only serious choice
5/6/202639 min
On Wednesday’s Daily T podcast, Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley are in Kent to speak to Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, on the final day of campaigning before the local elections.
Mrs Badenoch tells Camilla and Tim that Zack Polanski, the Greens’ leader, is not fit for public office.She says hers is the only party standing up for the Jewish community, and that Labour and Sir Keir Starmer are too afraid of upsetting their voters to take meaningful action on anti-Semitism.
Elsewhere, Camilla and Tim are joined by Rabbi Doron Birnbaum, who went viral with his response to the knife attacks in Golders Green.
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First 90 secondsKemi Badenoch· Guest0:00
[gentle music] The Telegraph.
Camilla Tominey· Host0:05
[upbeat music] We're in Bromley, where Kemi Badenoch is fighting for the Tories' political lives in what was once a very safe Conservative seat.
Tim Stanley· Host0:17
We talk to the leader of the opposition about the madness of Zak Polanski, her debate with pro-Palestinian activists, and who would she rather face if Keir Starmer loses his job.
Camilla Tominey· Host0:27
And we're also joined by the Rabbi Doron Birnbaum, who went viral with his extremely emotional reaction to the attacks in Golders Green.
Tim Stanley· Host0:36
Welcome to The Daily Tea with me, Tim Stanley.
Camilla Tominey· Host0:38
And me, Camilla Tominey. [upbeat music] Tim, we've inadvertently found ourselves back on the road.
Tim Stanley· Host0:54
Yay.
Camilla Tominey· Host0:54
How has this happened? Yay. [laughs] And we're in your manor, aren't we? In Orpington.
Tim Stanley· Host0:58
We are. We're close enough. We're, it's very confusing. We're in Orpington, which is part of the Bromley Council, and it parades itself as Kent, but really it's Southeast London.
Camilla Tominey· Host1:07
Yeah, and you haven't got great memories of this area, have you?
Tim Stanley· Host1:10
No, I was once kidnapped in Bromley.
Camilla Tominey· Host1:11
What?
Tim Stanley· Host1:12
It's actually true. I was 18 years old, and I was on Bromley South Train Station, and someone mugged me, and I l- probably looked rich. He wasn't to know- Did you? Well, he wasn't to know- You were in Tr- chinos ... No. No, I wasn't. I was dressed like an Edwardian, [laughs] like an Edwardian prince, as always.
Camilla Tominey· Host1:29
Yes.
Tim Stanley· Host1:29
Little,