Kemi Badenoch reignites beef with David Tennant in ‘weirdest-ever’ Tory leadership campaign bid

Kemi Badenoch has launched her campaign to be the next leader of the Conservative Party and promised not to “shut up”, in reference to a row with Doctor Who star David Tennant.

In a video posted to her X/Twitter account on Sunday (1 September), the shadow housing secretary opened her leadership bid by reigniting a row with Tennant after he said he wished she would “shut up” about trans people.

In an acceptance speech after being named a celebrity ally at the LGBT Awards in June, Tennant said: “Until we wake up and Kemi Badenoch doesn’t exist any more – I don’t wish ill of her, I just wish her to shut up – while we do live in this world, I am honoured to receive

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