Kemi Badenoch reveals whether she’d support a bank holiday if England win the World Cup
Kemi Badenoch has revealed whether she would support calls for bank holidays if England win the World Cup.
Thomas Tuchel’s side beat Mexico on Monday morning to reach the quarter-finals and will face Norway on Saturday.
Asked whether he would support a bank holiday, the Conservative leader said he probably wouldn’t, and then added “the private sector is still working and the public sector will have a day off.”
Answering the question at a Politics UK event, Ms Badenoch said: “Probably still not.
“Unfortunately, we all know what happens during the bank holiday; the private sector is still working, the public sector will have a day off and you will all have to pay for it.
“This Conservative Party puts a lot of emphasis on common sense. The party is hard but also work hard, that’s my motto.”
Ms Badenoch also revealed she did not stay up to watch the Mexico game.
He added that if he had done that, he would probably be asleep right now.
When asked if he regretted not waking up, he said: “No, no, no. I woke up, my son was up at five o’clock watching the game and he was so excited… when I woke up, he was so happy.
“But I wasn’t going to stay until 1am because if I did I wouldn’t be here, I’d probably be asleep right now and I didn’t want you all to be disappointed.
“But this is a great result.
“I was a little worried that it would be quite difficult to beat Mexico on home soil, so no, I think we can go all the way.”
It was revealed on Monday that Sir Keir Starmer intervened to prevent FIFA from bringing forward England’s kick-off time over concerns the change could give World Cup hosts Mexico an unfair advantage.
The Prime Minister took action after the Football Association warned Downing Street that the proposed change to prevent lightning storms would give the Three Lions less time to adapt to the high altitude of the Azteca Stadium.
Sir Keir acted through diplomatic channels to ensure Tuchel’s team had enough time to prepare.
