Kemi Badenoch: Argentinian president Javier Milei would be ‘template’ for my government

Tory leader says she can fulfil same role as Milei, a far-right leader promising big cuts to public spending

Kemi Badenoch has said she aspires to become Britain's version of Javier Milei, the Argentinian far-right, chainsaw-wielding president whose driving mission is slashing the size of the state.

Asked whether the UK needed its own Milei and whether she herself fit that role, Badenoch, whose party is languishing in third place in the polls, said: Yes and yes."