Even with DIY to sort out, she can repair the Tories

A BAREFOOT Kemi Badenoch apologises as she breezes into the front room of her home where I am sitting.

- Martyn Brown

"I have to quickly sort out a DIY order," she says, explaining the issue at hand, laughing, before popping back through the doorway.

Not quite the entrance I had expected from someone regarded as one of Westminster's most fearsome politicians. The multi-tasking MP has invited me into her London home for an exclusive interview with the Daily Express with just two weeks to go until the result of the Tory leadership contest is announced.