"On days like this, Kemi Badenoch increasingly gives the impression of an over-excitable puppy with a low IQ. Overwhelmed by all the different smells she can pick up on her walkies. Convinced that this is going to be THE BEST DAY EVER. Spoilt for choice as she is surrounded by countless enticing sticks. Yet somehow she always manages to grab the wrong end of every one. I suppose you could call that her special talent."
"Kemi began with the resignation of Richard Hughes as chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility. Dark forces were at work, she suggested. There was more to his departure than met the eye. He had been pushed by men and women in grey suits. Only he hadn't. It may be true that the Treasury wasn't Hughes's biggest supporter, but he left because the organisation he ran had made the biggest cock-up in its 15-year history."
Kemi Badenoch displays excitable, unfocused behavior, chasing every provocative line and embracing conspiracy theories during parliamentary exchanges. She prioritized sensational claims over substantive budget scrutiny at prime minister's questions, missing opportunities to challenge tax promises and threshold freezes. She accused unnamed figures of forcing Richard Hughes from the Office for Budget Responsibility, despite Hughes resigning after the OBR released inaccurate forecasts and failed to secure its confidential material. The OBR's mistake involved an amateurish, easily accessed website that leaked forecasts prematurely. Opposition performance emphasized spectacle and social-media-driven narratives rather than detailed fiscal analysis.
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