Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the UK Conservative Party, has called for a stop to immigration from countries with cultures that don't align with the UK.

According to her, immigrants should not be allowed from countries that criminalise LGBTQ people and abuse women.

Badenoch, who was born to Nigerian parents, made this known while discussing British cultures with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria.

“Culture matters more,” she said.

“Certainly, in the UK, there is something that people from around the world are coming there to get.

“It is that system, you know, enlightenment values, equality under the law, freedom of speech, you know, freedom of association, women having equal rights, the rule of law, our legal systems—so much of that is what draws people from around the world.

“It is what has made us a successful country. But if you have a large number of people who don’t believe in those things, eventually your country will change.”

Badenoch said not all cultures are equal.

“Some people may not like to hear that, but cultures where there’s child marriage, where homosexuals, gay people are treated criminally and killed. Those are not equal cultures. I will not accept that,” she said.

“Cultures where women are less as citizens—those are equal cultures, and when we have large numbers of people coming into a country, that does change things.”

ASA