Which Tory leader came out on top at Conservative Party Conference?

Tom Tugendhat, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick, and Kemi Badenoch delivered speeches in Birmingham in their final chance to address delegates in their race to be Rishi Sunak’s successor.

Mr Jenrick, the frontrunner in the contest, used his speech to call for a “new Conservative Party” if it wants to “tackle the immense challenges” it faces.

The Newark MP’s speech came a day after he suffered a backlash from his rivals for claiming that UK special forces were “killing rather than capturing” terrorists.

Mr Tugendhat set out his plans for a “new Conservative revolution” in areas such as the economy and housing, while Ms Badenoch focused on economic policy and pitched that the Tories “have to be the party of wealth creation”.

Mr Cleverly told members to be “enthusiastic” and “optimistic”, and that they will win back the electorate by being “professional”.

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43 comments
  1. THEY ARE ALL ‘’C’’ LISTERS WITH ‘’ZERO HOPE’’ OF WINNING ANY ELECTION ……THIS IS THE RESULT OF ‘’HUNT’’ & CO PLOTTERS …..EU TORY GRANDEE’S ….. TO ‘’SET UP’’ & REMOVE PM BORIS JOHNSON, IN RECOVERY FROM CORVID 19 [ when he nearly died ] …… A VERY, VERY, BIG MISTAKE INDEED …… IT PUT PARLIAMENT IN DISREPUTE – ITS FINISHED THEM !!!

  2. Everybody’s judgement of these candidates is incredibly shallow 😂 Tom is the only one I’d want as leader but I can’t see it happening, he is a bit flat in his delivery and maybe even slightly boring, but more so in a competent way than a “Kier Starmer” not got a clue way. The others all seem a bit like they want to hit the key words that people want to hear, and that’s what I hate about our voting base. We saw it with Brexit, people just lap up what’s on the surface without doing any proper research.

  3. Who is the next captain of RMS Titanic? Get into the lifeboats now and row over to Reform UK. A warm welcome and a tot of rum awaits.

  4. None of the above. Given how little they achieved, and how much they didn't, whilst in government then nothing any of them have said could possibly be achieved in opposition. Their time is over.

  5. Each and evey one of them is more of the same rubbish we have to deal with only true change will come from reform 💪

  6. Is it funny hear they are making the same promises they have been making fir the last 13 years and liebour doing the same and here we still waiting for what they all promises that never come liar the lot of the reform all the way

  7. The correct answer is who gives a f**k. This coming from a long time Conservative voter now voting Reform.

  8. tugganhardt a weed.
    Jenryk a reform fascist
    Cleverly a racist bigot
    BadEnough another nigerian scammar trying to pull the wool over your eyes.
    That about sums up the Tory Party.
    And, good riddance to Sunak.

  9. Let’s hope it’s not Cleverless – worst mp we’ve had … too busy climbing the greasy pole to do anything for his constituents – probably need a map to find us UNLESS there’s a camera about

  10. The Conservative Party have no credibility anymore. Completely elitist and in a Westminster bubble, out of touch with common sense and upholding Brexit and the Sovereignty of the nation and do not have the will to protect the nation from illegal boatloads of aggressive muslim men. Also they upheld two-tier policing just like Labour. They love filling their pockets too much, just like their uniparty confreres, the Labour Party.

  11. Still repeating the vacuous "free economy"? Nobody is ever challenged on what it means or how you achieve it? Because they dont know. Thatcher certainty didnt achieve it. Quite the opposite!

  12. They want us all to believe that they were nothing to do with the past 14 years of cronyism, sleaze, corruption and sheer incompetence.

  13. Which vulture got first pickings on the corpse?

    Labour and the Tories are a uni-party. Different ties, same results.

    They both have completely betrayed this country in every facet of national importance and public life.

    If you’re a serious intelligent person with self respect you will never vote for either of these parties ever again.

    We’ve had almost 100 years of the Tory/Labour paradigm and it has done nothing but destroy this country.

  14. I used to vote Tory but they tried to fake a move to the far right. I voted Lib Dem in the recent election. You can't pander to far right terrorists

  15. If I had failed in my job how they have failed I would hold my head in shame, but they have no shame. Now out of these 4 failurses which failure are they to pick to fail again?

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