Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has issued a stark demand, stating that individuals from cultures which fail to respect women should be removed from the United Kingdom.
Reaction to Violence Strategy
The comments were made on Thursday, 18 December 2025, as a direct reaction to the government's published strategy on violence against women and girls. Badenoch took to social media platform X to voice her strong opposition to the current approach.
She argued that the focus should not be on young boys in schools, but on deporting foreign criminals and increasing police presence. "We need to get people who have come from cultures that don't respect women out of our country! Not all cultures are equally valid," she wrote emphatically.
Criticism of Labour's Education Plan
In her post, Badenoch specifically targeted the Labour Party's proposed policy of teaching secondary school pupils about misogyny and fostering healthy relationships. She dismissed this as "a complete distraction" from what she sees as the real issues.
"Pretending a few extra lessons in school will fix this is complete nonsense. Labour need to stop watching Adolescence and get real," she stated, making a pointed reference to a popular TV drama about teenage violence.
She further accused the opposition of being unprepared to tackle the problem seriously, claiming "they're too scared, weak and divided. They have no serious plan to tackle this problem."
Calls for Deportation and Policing
Beyond her cultural critique, the Conservative leader outlined concrete actions she believes are necessary. Her demands included the deportation of all foreign criminals and a commitment to put more police officers on the streets of the UK.
This intervention places the issue of cultural attitudes and immigration enforcement squarely at the centre of the political debate surrounding gender-based violence, signalling a potentially contentious new front in the run-up to the next general election.
