Kemi Badenoch, a candidate for the Tory leadership, expressed that Israel should be "congratulated" for the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah. She argued that this action could lead to greater peace in the Middle East.

Tory leadership contender Kemi Badenoch has stated that although she was raised in a middle-class household, she "became working class" after taking a job at McDonald's during her teenage years.