Kemi Badenoch’s “we were a bad government because we didn’t dismantle the Blair-Brown governing apparatus” is so funny to me. The Blairite civil service machine didn’t stop Cameron and Osborne dismantling most of New Labour’s public policy legacy or *BREXIT* for goodness’ sake.

My column this week: on the wisdom of picking Tim Walz and why every minority politician needs one. [Why every campaign needs a Tim...](https://on.ft.com/4dfmHJ7 )

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