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Badenoch Backs U.S. but Advocates UK Oil Exploration

4/14/2026

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Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative party leader, appeared relaxed and distanced herself from past statements on the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
She would support U.S. actions but push the UK to drill for oil and gas if she were prime minister.
She criticized defense spending and later joined community service to clean graffiti in south London.
She criticized U.S. President Donald Trump as childish.

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Story summary

Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative party leader, appeared relaxed and distanced herself from past statements on the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
She would support U.S. actions but push the UK to drill for oil and gas if she were prime minister.
She criticized defense spending and later joined community service to clean graffiti in south London.
She criticized U.S. President Donald Trump as childish.