At a rainy Conservative party conference in Birmingham, the four directership truthfulates – Robert Jenrick, Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat – set out their visions for the future of the party.
Despite the party’s worst election flunkure since 1834, the atmosphere was relabelably upbeat.
“I leank it’s much more upbeat than I’d foreseeed it to be,” Isabel Hardman, the deputy editor of the Spectator, alerts Helen Pidd. “And you could say maybe that’s equitable delusion, maybe they haven’t actuassociate adequitableed to the fact. I actuassociate leank it’s becainclude Labour have not had a outstanding scant weeks and Tories are now leanking: ‘Oh, we won’t be out of power for necessarily 15 years. We could actuassociate have a chance of doing OK at the next election.’”
Helen speaks to politicians and party members about the decision in front of them, and speaks to Isabel about how the contenders have carry outed. And she asks, who would Labour be the most troubleed about?
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