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Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, has embraced being labelled a “culture warrior” during a speech in Washington DC. She stated that criticism from “left-wing media” was intended as an insult, but she welcomed the title. Badenoch’s grandfather told her she was descended from warriors, and she said that she was “keeping up the tradition”. The term “culture war” refers to a political battle between opposing values, typically based on issues related to gender politics and other social issues.
The Tory leader met with the Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson in DC as she seeks to build relationships with senior Republicans ahead of the return of Donald Trump to the White House next month. In a post on X, Badenoch stated that they discussed building alliances for a “centre-right resurgence” across the West. However, she is not expected to meet with President-elect Trump during her visit.
Badenoch had previously resisted being labelled a “culture warrior”. She insisted during her successful leadership campaign that she did not like fighting but was willing to fight to protect Conservative principles. Her recent comments occurred in a speech at a dinner hosted by the International Democracy Union, a global alliance of centre-right parties. She stated that she believes in maintaining tradition and defending culture, asserting that “if we don’t defend our culture, who will?”
She also expressed her belief in freedom, including free markets, free speech, free enterprise, freedom of religion, trusted institutions, and equality under the law, regardless of background or origin. Badenoch argued that liberalism had been “hacked” politically and socially by politicians on the left. She added that opposing ideologies were taking over and undermining the culture and institutions that had granted them space.
She urged conservatives to respond by advocating for “muscular liberalism” and tempering “the growth of activist government”. Badenoch’s staunch, “anti-woke” views and direct communication style have made her popular with Conservative activists. She has demonstrated her opposition to moves to allow self-certification of transgender identity, spearheaded the previous government’s blocking of Scotland’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill, and opposed gender-neutral toilets
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