The progressive class’s obsession with Adolescence continues – and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is having none of it. When Badenoch appeared on BBC Breakfast this morning to discuss her party’s local election campaigns, presenters were quick to quiz the parliamentarian on her thoughts on the Netflix series, which has been lauded by Labour MPs – including the Prime Minister himself – for highlighting the perils of toxic masculinity. But the Conservative leader was quick to dress down her interviewers for their preoccupation with the, er, fictional show…
While Sir Keir Starmer praised Netflix bosses earlier this month for making the drama free to watch in high schools, the Conservative party leader admitted on LBC she had not watched it – before issuing a warning about ‘creating policy on a work of fiction’. But it appears her claim to be uninterested in the show was met with disbelief – as Badenoch was grilled once again this morning by the Beeb’s Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty about whether she had finally got around to watching the series.
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