Kemi Badenoch says Chancellor Ed Miliband would be a ‘disaster’ for Britain – as she compares him to a Nigerian military dictator in brutal energy tirade
CHRISTIAN CALGIE
Kemi Badenoch has warned that Ed Miliband’s appointment as Chancellor would be a ‘disaster for our country’, as she called on Andy Burnham to sack the Energy Secretary.
In a brutal broadside, Ms Badenoch branded Mr Miliband ‘the villain’ of Britain’s energy crisis, and doubled down on claims he is akin to a Nigerian military dictator.
She warned Mr Burnham, who is still yet to announce any Cabinet picks ahead of his coronation in three weeks’ time, that he should ‘sack Ed Miliband, not make him Chancellor’.
The Tory leader blasted: ‘There aren’t many options [for Chancellor] – they couldn’t even pick a Prime Minister from the 400 people in parliament, they had to go and get the mayor of Greater Manchester to do it!’
‘I do know that it should not be Ed Miliband. He is the single person who has done the most to deindustrialise our country and make us poorer.
‘He should not be rewarded with an even more powerful job where he can completely bankrupt the country.
‘So it’s slim pickings, I have to admit, but absolutely not Ed Miliband – that would be a disaster for our country.’
Following a week of accusations that she has been too rude about Labour’s senior politicians, Ms Badenoch doubled down on a previous accusation that Mr Miliband has been behaving like a military dictator from her home country.
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‘Many people know that my childhood was spent in Nigeria. Nigeria is an oil-producing country that never had any electricity. Why? Because it had bad policies from military dictatorships. People who didn’t care what the country wanted.
‘They imposed socialism on the country, they took over all of the oil production, they had a national state oil producer, and it failed. Ed Miliband is actually doing the same thing.
‘He wants to do more state control. He has terrible policies that are reducing our capacity, reducing our energy security. So having lived under both I think I’m uniquely placed to make that comparison.’
Ms Badenoch’s warning about the perils of a potential Miliband Chancellorship followed similar interventions from trade unions, bankers and Labour MPs since Mr Burnham’s victory.
Sharon Graham, the leader of the Unite union, warned he will put a ‘noose around the neck’ of jobs in British industry, something Mr Burnham said would be a key plank of his premiership.
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