Ahead of the Conservative party conference this weekend, party leader Kemi Badenoch has, once again, demonstrated her lack of suitability for the role she has found herself in. Speaking on the topic of Brexit in an interview with BBC News Northern Ireland, Badenoch mistakenly said that ‘last time I checked, Ireland, Northern Ireland did vote to leave’ the European Union.

Badenoch may want to ‘check’ a little better next time, as Northern Ireland voted to remain in the European Union at the 2016 referendum, with only 44 per cent of the population voting in favour of leaving. Of course, the United Kingdom as a whole voted in favour of Brexit, a fact which Badenoch only conceded after repeated pressing on the issue, saying ‘a lot of people in Northern Ireland voted to remain, you’re right. B

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