IN FULL | FIERY Kemi Badenoch vows to scrap 'DANGEROUS and DIVISIVE' public sector equality laws

The Nottingham stabbings, the Southport attack and Manchester Arena bombing “could have been stopped if people had intervened instead of having a fear of being called racist”, Kemi Badenoch said. In a speech in central London, the Conservative leader said: “If the security guards at the Manchester Arena weren’t afraid of being accused of racial profiling, we wouldn’t have seen a bomber walk into the venue unchecked. “If authorities weren’t concerned that black people were overrepresented in mental health events, three people would not have been murdered in Nottingham by a man who should have been detained under the Mental Health Act. “And if authorities hadn’t chalked up Axel Rudakubana’s violent behaviour to autism, if his head teacher hadn’t been accused of racial stereotyping when she raised concerns about him bringing a knife to school, three little girls might still be here with us.” Public institutions have “spent so long worrying about institutional racism that they have become institutionally incompetent”, Mrs Badenoch added. Read Daily Express: https://www.express.co.uk Like Daily Express on Facebook:   / dailyexpress   Follow Daily Express on X: https://x.com/Daily_Express Follow Daily Express on Instagram:   / dailyexpress   #DailyExpress #News #kemibadenoch #conservatives #tories #ukpolitics #genderequality #tories #crime #police