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Huffington Post // World

How The Past Is Already Coming Back To Haunt Kemi Badenoch's New Shadow Cabinet

Tuesday 5th November 2024, 12:20PM

Robert Jenrick looks on after Kemi Badenoch beat him to become the new Tory leader.Kemi Badenoch has announced her shadow cabinet following her victory over Robert Jenrick in the Tory leadership race.She said the line-up “draws on the talents of people from across the Conservative Party, based on meritocracy and with a breadth of experience and perspective”.But critics are already pointing to the chequered past of some of those handed top posts in the new regime.They include Priti Patel, the new shadow foreign secretary, who was effectively sacked from the cabinet exactly seven years ago by then PM Theresa May for holding secret meetings with Israeli officials.Embarrassingly for Patel, who was the international development secretary, she was ordered to fly home from Africa by May, who then told her to tender her resignation.She admitted

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