Quotes from Kemi Badenoch

Every party conference season, I'm struck by how much is spent on lobbying by the public affairs industry.

We want a broad pipeline of people coming through, we want to have a huge variety of people who are applying to become Conservative MPs.

When talking about Venezuela, Jeremy Corbyn's questionable track record, free markets and so on we assume that people know what we mean without any explanation or comment on how we could do it better. These assumptions switch people off and dilute the message. Ditch them, I say.

Identity politics may claim to defend the rights of individuals, but increasingly it has become a mechanism for undermining the freedom of people to hold and express an opposing view.

Bigotry and prejudice are not unique to groups that have held privilege, and ascribing views to entire groups rather than to specific individuals is illiberal.

As a proud mum of three, I know we all want what is best for our children - to protect and shield them from anything that would do them harm, especially a deadly virus.

It's not just about being free to marry who you want, you now want to have men using women's bathrooms.