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. ‘No I haven’t,’ Badenoch responded firmly, going on:
KB: I probably won’t. It’s a film on Netflix, and most of my time right now is spent visiting the country.
NM: It is prompting conversations about toxic masculinity, smartphone use, young men feeling that they’re being ignored, the idea of misogyny being increased in school. Why would you not want to know what people are talking about?
KB: I think that those are all important issues, and those are issues that I’ve been talking about for a long time. But in the same way that I don’t need to watch Casualty to know what’s going on in the NHS, I don’t need to watch a specific Netflix drama to understand what’s going on.
Yikes. That’s them told! Watch the clip here:
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