One of the four contenders to pick up the pieces of the UK Conservative Party as leader stands apart from the rest for one simple reason: Kemi Badenoch had the impeccably good judgment to cite Unleash Prosperity research in her manifesto.

The manifesto, titled “Conservatism in Crisis: Rise of the Bureaucratic Class,” lays out an aggressive program of deregulation and spending reforms on the growing chasm between the elite and everyone else, which Badenoch identifies as a global phenomenon.  She then cites our landmark Them v. US study for evidence of the state of play here in the US.

Badenoch writes:

There will have to be a new type of politics. To take on the bureaucratic class means to ditch radical environmental politics, unpick identity politics, focus on a strong positive national identity, limit migration, reduce the endless HR, compliance and sustainability rules, to streamline planning, to focus on bringing down the cost of the welfare state and much more.

Here’s a short clip of the 44-year-old rising star: