Members of Britain’s defeated and divided Conservative Party are gathering for their annual conference. It is dominated by the search for a new leader capable of bringing the right-of-center party back from a catastrophic election defeat. Leader Rishi Sunak quit after the July election.
Kemi Badenoch arrives to speak at a Conservative Party leadership campaign event at IET London, Monday Sept. 2, 2024. Robert Jenrick speaks at a Conservative Party leadership campaign event at the QEII Centre in Westminster, London, Sunday Sept. 1, 2024. Kemi Badenoch arrives to speak at a Conservative Party leadership campaign event at IET London, Monday Sept. 2, 2024. Kemi Badenoch arrives to speak at a Conservative Party leadership campaign event at IET London, Monday Sept. 2, 2024.
In the July election, the Conservatives lost votes to hard-right Reform U.K., led by populist politician Nigel Farage, which won five seats in Parliament and came second in dozens more. Other voters deserted the Tories for the centrist Liberal Democrats, who won 72 seats. He told Sky News on Sunday that the party lost because “we didn’t deliver the strong economy, the strong and the strong border that we promised.”
Cleverly and Tugendhat come from a more centrist grouping in the party but have also talked tough on immigration as the party tries to win voters back from Reform.
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