Kemi Badenoch blasts Nigel Farage after he hints ISIS bride Shamima Begum should be allowed back to UK

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KEMI Badenoch tore into Nigel Farage after he hinted Shamima Begum should be allowed to return to Britain.

She said a Conservative government would never “take back terrorists” otherwise there is no deterrent.

Kemi Badenoch, new leader of the UK Conservative Party, speaking at a podium.
Kemi Badenoch tore into Nigel Farage after his remarks about Shamima Begum
Nigel Farage in an interview discussing Shamima Begum's return to the UK.
Farage said: ‘I’m now thoughtful. I don’t classify her as an ISIS, an all-out ISIS killer’
Video grab of Shamima Begum from the BBC documentary, *The Shamima Begum Story*.
The Tory leader said a Conservative government would never ‘take back terrorists’

She added: “Citizenship means committing to a country and wanting its success.

“It’s not an international travel document for crime tourism.”

It comes after Reform UK leader Mr Farage said he was “now thoughtful” about her return to the UK.

He told ITV “instinctively” it is not something he would want to do.

But added: “I’m now thoughtful.

“I don’t classify her as an ISIS, an all-out ISIS killer.”

And said that he believes her to be “a lesser part of the equation”.

It comes after Donald Trump’s incoming counter-terrorism chief called for the repatriation of British members of ISIS held in Syrian prison camps.

Sebastian Gorka said any nation wanting to be seen as a “serious ally” of the US should commit to the international fight against the extremist group by taking back citizens.

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