Kemi Badenoch Praised By Nicki Minaj For Monstering Wes Streeting

Kemi Badenoch has said it was “very flattering” to be praised by Nicki Minaj for monstering Wes Streeting in the Commons.

A video of the Tory leader mocking the then health secretary went viral last week and was shared on X by the ‘Starships’ singer.

Badenoch rounded on Streeting amid speculation that he was preparing to challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership.

In a debate on the King’s Speech setting out the government’s plans, she said: “Scrapping NHS England, something the prime minister announced 14 months ago – but I suppose the health secretary has been a it distracted lately hasn’t he?”

Looking straight at Streeting on the Labour front bench, she said: “He’s chuntering now, why don’t you just do your job? Do your job!”

Badenoch added: “There’s no point him giving me dirty looks, we all know what he has been up to. We all know.”

Commenting on the clip, Minaj: “The UK is truly one of a kind. They will portray her [Badenoch] in film & TV one day…just like they did with Margaret Thatcher.”

Asked on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg how she felt about Minaj’s reaction, Badenoch said: “It was very flattering, Nicki Minaj saying that. I do like her song ‘Starships’.”

But asked by Kuenssberg if she liked any of her other songs, Badenoch was stumped.

She said: “Any of her other songs? That’s the one that I know, so I’ll stick with that one because I do like it.

“It’s flattering, because they’re not used to presidents being held to account the way that we do in parliament. It’s one of the things that’s really special about this country.”

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