Exclusive: The latest weekly tracker poll by Techne UK suggests that Kemi Badenoch has already made an impression with voters

The sad thing is that as a Black woman, it’s easy to understand why she says what she thinks her fellow politicians want to hear,” says Afua Hirsch. “It remains the easiest way to get rewarded by institutions like the Conservative party,

Kemi Badenoch is the new leader of the Conservative Party, defeating Robert Jenrick in the final round of voting.Badenoch, who was raised in Nigeria, is the first black woman to lead a major political party in the UK and takes over a Conservative Party reeling from its worst ever election defeat.