Badenoch: UK not ready for ‘era of change’

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Kemi Badenoch says that the UK "must change" as it is "not ready" for the "era of change". During her speech on foreign policy, the Conservative leader also calls for a review of international alliances and policies to ensure they align with the UK's national policies.   Report by Faragt. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Every few decades the world changes. The Iron Curtain descending, the fall of the

00:06Berlin Wall, September 11th, the invasion of Ukraine. Today we must be realistic

00:14and accept that we are in another era of change. Our foreign policy should

00:20support our national interest. We should review those alliances, methods and

00:26approaches which served us well for three generations. Where they work we

00:31should keep them and where they do not they should go. The United Kingdom must

00:37accept reality. No one owes us a living. No process is an end in itself. We can no

00:46longer hide behind vapid statements that were at best ambitious 20 years ago and

00:52are now today outright irrelevant. It is time to speak the truth. The world has

00:59changed and the UK is not ready. So we must change too.

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