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Conflict over identity politics could lead to civil war in long term, says Badenoch
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- Nick Watt Political editor, Newsnight PA Media Conflict over identity politics in the UK could lead to civil war in the long term, Kemi Badenoch has said.
- The Conservative leader censured parties that use the political conflict to target voters from one community, an ingredient that she says could lead to an eventual civil war.
- The interview was conducted before political tension erupted over policing, following the release of bodycam footage showing the handcuffing of murdered teenager Henry Nowak as he lay dying.
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Nick Watt Political editor, Newsnight PA Media Conflict over identity politics in the UK could lead to civil war in the long term, Kemi Badenoch has said.
In an interview for a BBC Radio 4 documentary, England's Identity Crisis, the Conservative leader warned of rising tensions as groups on the left and the right direct "more and more hostility" towards people of every ethnicity.
The Conservative leader censured parties that use the political conflict to target voters from one community, an ingredient that she says could lead to an eventual civil war.
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