# Kemi Badenoch raises prospect of Britain boycotting Commonwealth summits if they are just demands for UK cash

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/kemi-badenoch-raises-prospect-of-britain-boycotting-commonwealth-summits-if-they-are-just-demands-for-uk-cash/
- Published: 2026-10-31T23:42:46+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-31T23:48:57+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16255681/Kemi-Badenoch-prospect-Britain-boycotting-Commonwealth-summits-demands-UK-cash.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Geopolitics, Government, Politics, UK, World

## Key points

- Badenoch floated skipping Commonwealth summits over reparations demands.
- She opposed a possible apology for Britain’s role in the slave trade.
- A cited poll gave her a +6 popularity rating.

## Summary

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said Britain should consider boycotting Commonwealth summits if they become a forum for demands for apologies or financial reparations over the country’s role in the transatlantic slave trade. She was responding to Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s suggestion that he might issue a formal apology, arguing that today’s taxpayers should not be held financially responsible for events generations ago.

Badenoch also questioned whether calls for an apology addressed the role of African kingdoms, rulers and merchants who captured and sold enslaved people. Her post on X was viewed millions of times, according to the article. It also cited a BMG poll in which she had a +6 popularity rating, compared with Burnham’s +3 and Nigel Farage’s –20, and a poll-of-polls placing the Conservatives second behind Labour.

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