It has taken some time, but the Conservative Party is becoming Conservative again. A few days in Manchester have seen a restoration of those sensible policies that lie behind the party’s historic success. As always, they are based on putting the individual ahead of the collective, and are supported by confidence in the British, coupled with a desire to help people improve their standard of living by their own efforts.
Kemi Badenoch’s concluding speech was an encapsulation of Toryism. This will not lead to an immediate breakthrough in the opinion polls; it is not certain that enough people are listening to the party yet, or that the admitted mistakes made between 2010 and 2024 have been forgotten. Nonetheless, it means that the party at least has a chance.
The conference began with the anticipated announcement that the United Kingdom would leave the European Court of Human Rights if the Conservatives form the next government. This was accompanied by a thorough report from Lord Wolfson of Tredegar, which honestly set out the legal and international questions that could arise.
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