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sentences that state something as happening or true
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("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Kemi Badenoch has revealed she witnessed at least two people being lynched while living in Nigeria as a child.
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people → reveal → child
The Conservative leader of the opposition said she saw one victim committing the crime before being beaten to death and the other person 'just being killed'.
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person → say → death
Speaking at the Cliveden Literary Festival over the weekend, Ms Badenoch said the formative experiences had taught her the importance of standing up to online cancel culture.
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experiences → speak → culture
She said: 'I don’t think people understand just how much my childhood impacts the way that I think.
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I → say → way
I saw real lynch mobs.
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I → see → mobs
I saw people killed.
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people → see → ?
Two, at least, certainly come to mind.
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Two → come → mind
One where I actually saw the crime, and the person beaten to death, and the other one where I just saw the lynching.'
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I → see → lynching
Ms Badenoch was born in the UK but spent most of her childhood in Nigeria in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Badenoch → bear → 1980s
The 46-year-old made comparisons between the lynching prolific in the country at the time and online cancel culture.
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old → make → time
She said: 'It’s a group activity, the hive mind takes over, and it’s fear of the mob.
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it → say → mob
What has happened is that when new ideas come in, where you have militant people behind them who are very happy to use mob tactics - whether it’s on social media or in real life - many people are afraid and they don’t want to speak up.
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they → happen → life
Kemi Badenoch is seen here at the Cliveden Literary Festival where she shared the childhood anecdotes with the audience
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she → see → audience
Badenoch revealed she witnessed at least two people being lynched while living in Nigeria as a child.
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people → reveal → child
She is pictured here at the Conservative Party Conference
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She → picture → Conference
Ms Badenoch is pictured with her husband, Hamish.
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Badenoch → picture → husband
She spoke about her children's identity and ethnicity at the conference
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She → speak → conference
Ms Badenoch made the comments during a discussion about 'ideological capture' in British institutions.
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Badenoch → make → institutions
She praised Harry Potter author JK Rowling – a vocal critic of trans rights activists – as well as Britain's 'strictest headmistress' Katharine Birbalsingh.
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She → praise → headmistress
'You need people like that who will use all of the tools that are available in our law.
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that → need → law
'It’s why I love people like JK Rowling, who know they cannot be cancelled and they use their status and their power to protect other people,' she said.
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she → ’ → people
Ms Badenoch also expanded on her Conservative party conference speech in which she had spoken about her children's identity and ethnicity – who she shares with Hamish Badenoch.
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she → expand → Badenoch
She said: 'What I think is dangerous is when people start telling others what their identity is.
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identity → say → others
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