If Kemi Badenoch hates identity politics, why is she using it?

It is ironic that Badenoch’s way of responding to Tennant’s retort was to cling to the politics of identity, says Seun (Picture: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

‘A rich, lefty, white male celebrity so blinded by ideology he can’t see the optics of attacking the only Black woman in government.’

That was Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch’s response this week to actor David Tennant after he – albeit clumsily – expressed support for the transgender community.

The thing is...