It’s always fun when worlds collide – when two people whose paths should rightfully never intersect smash into one another like a car and train at a level crossing. I’ve enjoyed many such occurrences on the political scene over the years – like Mrs Thatcher doing the video vote on Saturday Superstore with René from ‘Allo ‘Allo. But I never expected to find myself involved in one.
I have to admit I never expected to get into the middle of a rap beef, let alone one connected to the Daily Telegraph
That all changed on Saturday evening. There I was happily rolling pastry in the kitchen when suddenly my phone and other connected smart devices started flashing and pinging like a Chernobyl control panel. I snatched up my phone in my floury fingers to discover that I had been ‘dragged’ on X/Twitter by American rapper Azealia Banks.
It appeared that Banks had taken exception to the headline of a piece I wrote for the Telegraph last week about the magnificent poise, control, comic timing and serious intelligence of Kemi Badenoch in her Commons response to the King’s Speech.
The headline was, ‘It is no surprise Nicki Minaj loves slay queen Kemi’, referring to Minaj’s similarly enthusiastic reaction to this event. (I should state here that Nicki Minaj is another American rap star.)
