The Tory leader’s appearance on the Today programme was sheer madness – and comedy gold The Tory leader’s appearance on the Today programme was sheer madness – and comedy gold C ast your mind forward 10 years or so. Long after Kemi Badenoch has been sacked as Tory party leader without even getting to contest an election. Long after she has been fired from a sinecure in an HR firm for falling out with all her colleagues. Long after she was dismissed from a Tory thinktank for being unable to