Badenoch has given a sprawling interview to the Today Programme’s Amol Rajan in which she discusses her upbringing and values. Giving a rambling interview like this in the middle of recess is one way to grab headlines…

She said “ religion was everywhere ” growing up but the 2008 story about Fritzl blew out her belief in God “ like a candle. ”

“I couldn’t stop reading this story. And I read her account, how she prayed every day to be rescued.“And I thought, I was praying for all sorts of stupid things and I was getting my prayers answered. I was praying to have good grades, my hair should grow longer, and I would pray for the bus to come on time so I wouldn’t miss something. It’s like, why were those prayers answered and not this woman’s prayers? And it just, it was like someone ble

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