Leader of the Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has strongly criticized the UK government’s decision to recognize the State of Palestine, warning that the move will have grave consequences.
Describing the recognition as “absolutely disastrous,” Badenoch insisted that the UK would come to regret the decision.
“Disastrous. Absolutely disastrous. We will all rue the day this decision was made. Rewarding terrorism with no conditions whatsoever put in place for Hamas. It leaves hostages languishing in Gaza and does nothing to stop the suffering of innocent people caught in this w+r,” she posted on X on Sunday.
The opposition leader further accused the Labour-led government of ignoring urgent domestic challenges while chasing symbolic policies.
“It is because Labour cannot fix the big problems in our society that they focus on discredited student union campaigns to appease the hard left. They cannot fix the NHS, so they push assisted s¥icide. They cannot create jobs for young people so they give them votes at 16. They cannot sort out immigration but they will recognise Palestine instead. And so on.”
Badenoch also took aim at Prime Minister Keir Starmer, linking the decision to what she called a history of poor leadership.
“This is the same man who paid £35bn of reparations to Mauritius along with the surrender of the Chagos islands. Everything we are seeing is a consequence of a Prime Minister has no plan for the country and no judgement.”
She concluded with a sharp warning: “He will spend the next four years delivering the hobby horses of the Labour left to stay in power and leave a HUGE mess for us to clean up.”
