Kemi Badenoch has hit back at critics to insist she is not late or lazy - and declared Robert Jenrick himself finds the suggestions he will replace her as Tory leader 'distressing'.
The Conservative Party leader, who spent her childhood living in Nigeria, has often been accused of laziness and not being on time - two stereotypes directed at west Africans in the past.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, Mrs Badenoch revealed she finds the accusations frustrating, claiming she works from 5am until midnight most days, and rarely sees her family.
'I know how hard I work. You can ask my husband and my children how much they see me,' she said.
'My little one once told me she wanted a ''mummy nanny'',' Mrs Badenoch added. 'Because of course we've got a nanny who helps, and I said, ''What's a mummy nanny?'' She said, ''It's a mummy who picks you up from school and also does the nanny stuff as well.'''
