The Tories needed to win conference season – but they lost it
For the first time since 1996, this looked like a Labour opposition destined for election victory.
ByFor the first time since 1996, this looked like a Labour opposition destined for election victory.
ByThe hopes that Rishi Sunak’s allies had for conference season have been wholly disappointed.
ByThe Home Secretary’s conference speech was well received in Manchester.
At the Tories’ annual party conference, industry seemed more supportive of the green transition than senior politicians.
ByYour dose of gossip from the Manchester Central Convention Complex.
ByThe Prime Minister spoke for himself rather than for voters.
ByTory conference is not a wake, as many claim. It is a christening.
ByThe London Assembly chair is exactly the sort of liberal, urban voter the Conservative Party has not just lost, but…
ByThe Health Secretary’s conference speech focused on trans issues and union relations rather than waiting lists and staff shortages.
ByThe Home Secretary will never solve the problems she so feverishly describes.
ByThe former Ukip leader may be right to think the Conservatives will follow where he leads.
ByRishi Sunak and the Conservatives are no longer on the same page.
ByLiz Truss and her allies are laying the ground for the radicalisation of the Tories in opposition.
ByThe Chancellor’s speech was entirely overshadowed by Liz Truss and HS2.
ByThe rapturous welcome for the former PM was a warning to Rishi Sunak.
ByAt Conservative Party conference, the Prime Minister is lost between the factions.
ByAlso this week: getting lost in Westminster and teenage regressions.
ByEdmund Burke may be the Conservatives’ philosopher king – but his thinking was more fickle than Tories seem to realise.
ByThe Tories are turning on themselves even before a general election is called.
At two recent conferences, the Tories’ faded past and dark future were on display.
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