The Emmanuel Centre on Marsham Street, nestled just opposite the Home Office in the heart of Westminster, is no stranger to events aimed at reinvigorating an ailing Conservative Party. A year ago it hosted the launch of the Onward think tank’s “Future of Conservatism” project, starring Michael Gove. Three months later, the international “National Conservatism” conference descended, offering the then home secretary Suella Braverman the perfect platform to kickstart her shadow campaign for the Tory party leadership.
Today the party was being pulled in a different direction, and it was an ex-leader rather than a future hopeful stealing the show. This was the Liz Truss comeback tour, with the launch of yet another movement dedicated to making conservatism popular again.
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