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Badenoch: Starmer's finished and Polanski's a joke – we're the only serious choice
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- The Daily T
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- May 6, 2026
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- 2336
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Summary
On Wednesday’s Daily T podcast, Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley are in Kent to speak to Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, on the final day of campaigning before the local elections. Mrs Badenoch tells Camilla and Tim that Zack Polanski, the Greens’ leader, is not fit for public office.She says hers is the only party standing up for the Jewish community, and that Labour and Sir Keir Starmer are too afraid of upsetting their voters to take meaningful action on anti-Semitism. Elsewhere, Camilla and Tim are joined by Rabbi Doron Birnbaum, who went viral with his response to the knife attacks in Golders Green. We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] or find @dailytpodcast on TikTok, Instagram and X ► Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor Producer: Georgia Coan Senior Producer: John Cadigan Executive Producer: Charlotte Seligman Video Producer: Will Walters Studio Director: Meghan Searle Editor: Camilla Tominey Highlights: Kemi Badenoch tells The Daily T Zack Polanski is not fit for public office Later, a London rabbi reacts to the Golders Green attack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.