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Take a bow, Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke Badenoch. Barring a polling catastrophe or a desperate misreading of the views of the current Conservative Party faithful, the former Business and Equalities Secretary is on the cusp of creating history as the first black woman to lead not just the Conservative Party in the UK, but ANY major political party in British history.

Her race to the top of the Tory political tree has been defined by her drift to very right of the party. Stomping on the corpse of common sense and national unity just a small price to pay as the Conservatives wring their hands and decide the best way to face off against the politics of Nigel Farage and his ilk is to try and beat them at their own right-wing game and that Kemi Badenoch is just the woman for the job.

Instead, I am wondering where the rise of this tinpot Maggie Thatcher might take British politics. It seems like I failed to see the turning tide. There may still be time to steady the ship, prevent it crashing into the rocks of decency, but the clock is ticking. Granted, she stepped back from this position after a massive outcry but has yet to publicly distance herself from the claim that tens of thousands of civil servants were so bad at their jobs that they should be in jail.

This despite the NHS having a waiting list in excess of two million individuals desperate for treatment in a creaking, wholly underfunded system.

Amina taylor born: Amina Tyler (Arabic: أمينة تايلر; born

Having someone so publicly lacking compassion with their hands on the levers of power is a sobering thought. Party grandees, seemingly, have welcomed her no-nonsense style and ability to square off against detractors, but despite the Maggie-Lite makeover, there is an abrasive style that may be a difficult sell to a wider voting public.

The party is now devoid of Big Beasts.