Labour and the Liberal Democrats have called for UK Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch to come clean about her claims of an offer from Stanford University at the age of 16, after former admissions staff said she had described an impossible scenario.
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The Labour MP Peter Prinsley has written to the Conservatives leader saying she should lay out the specifics of how the alleged offer came about, given the doubts cast over her story. The Lib Dem education spokesperson, Munira Wilson, said Badenoch risked undermining trust.
Badenoch has defended her claim to have received an offer as a teenager in Nigeria from the elite university to study medicine, sometimes described by her as pre-med, even though the university does not offer that course for undergraduates.
Admissions staff have also said the Conservative leader’s assertion she was offered a place on exam results alone, and was offered a partial scholarship, would not have been possible, with no offers made on that basis.
Jon Reider, the admissions officer during the period Badenoch applied, told the Guardian he had been responsible for international admissions and scholarships and had not offered one to Badenoch.
Badenoch doubled down on Monday, telling reporters she had indeed received offers based on her exam results. “All I will say is that I remember the very day those letters came to me. It was not just from Stanford. I was 16, I had done very well in my SATs. But this is 30 years ago, I don’t have the papers, and what the Guardian is doing is reporting on hearsay rather than talking about what the government is doing.”
The guardian
Badenoch has defended her claim to have received an offer as a teenager in Nigeria from the elite university to study medicine, sometimes described by her as pre-med, even though the university does not offer that course for undergraduates.
Admissions staff have also said the Conservative leader’s assertion she was offered a place on exam results alone, and was offered a partial scholarship, would not have been possible, with no offers made on that basis.
Jon Reider, the admissions officer during the period Badenoch applied, told the Guardian he had been responsible for international admissions and scholarships and had not offered one to Badenoch.
Badenoch doubled down on Monday, telling reporters she had indeed received offers based on her exam results. “All I will say is that I remember the very day those letters came to me. It was not just from Stanford. I was 16, I had done very well in my SATs. But this is 30 years ago, I don’t have the papers, and what the Guardian is doing is reporting on hearsay rather than talking about what the government is doing.”
The guardian
Kemi Kemi the UK lying machine
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ReplyDeleteWhen oyibo drag you, you will be dragged indeed. Kemi's mouth has been writing cheques since now is the time for her arse to cash it. The British press can be very brutal when they come after you and it seems that they have Kemi's time now. By the time they are done with her, na naija here she go run come.
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DeleteWen pesin tok too much, e go definitely misyarn. Pele o elejowewe.
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ReplyDeleteHmm, is she having a laugh, like the English would say, hahaha. I’m starting to think she’s the Briti*sh govt nemesis. Something is off about her..
ReplyDeleteAunty Kemi the non Nigerian
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At least the word Nigeria will stay out of her mouth for now.
ReplyDeleteLet her keep herself busy by finding solutions to this non-Nigeria issue.
Cho Cho Cho. Diaries of a talkaholic.
ReplyDeleteSince when do schools confirm or deny this type of info
ReplyDeleteWe didn't write SAT in Nigeria the time she is referring to. Or am I mistaken, that she is claiming to have gotten offer as a teenager in Nigeria?
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