Kemi Badenoch speaks with confidence, but confidence is not judgement. Her support for Trump over Iran raises a wider question about modern politics: whether sharp performance and quick positioning are being mistaken for the seriousness needed to address Britain’s long-term problems.
Suella Braverman’s recent remark that “it’s humiliating and very sad that we’ve got politicians with such poor judgment leading our country” was more than partisan anger — it was a study in how moral emotion replaces analysis in public life.