T he sign that Kemi Badenoch, who on November 2nd was elected leader of Britain’s Conservatives, was operating on a different plane from her rivals came at the party’s conference in October. While they busied themselves with cheesy selfies and cheesier merchandise,

The U.K.'s opposition Conservative Party on Saturday named right-wing Kemi Badenoch as its new leader, closing a long-drawn-out runoff after the Tories' landslide electoral defeat. It follows a three-month contest,

The ballot was necessitated by the crushing defeat suffered by Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives in July’s general election.

KEMI Badenoch has won the race to be Tory party leader. Known for her strong stance on culture issues and a straightforward approach, Badenoch embodies the Conservatives’ desire to reclaim ground lost to Labour in recent years.