The Conservative Party is under new leadership. That was the key takeaway from Kemi Badenoch’s speech today, her first of 2025 and her big opportunity to tell a country that roundly rejected her party six months ago exactly what the Tories now stand for.
Well, that was what she wanted the takeaway to be. Badenoch repeated the line several times, punctuating her diagnosis of the UK’s long-term malaise with regular reminders that the Conservatives have changed. The essence of that change, however, is up for debate.
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