Kemi Badenoch rallied her troops for battle on Wednesday as she declared the Conservative Party ‘back in fashion’ and ready to fight for the ‘soul of the nation’.
In a passionate and at times emotional speech, the Tory leader tore into her rivals and savaged their records.
Her rousing address to the party faithful in Birmingham, clocking in at one hour six minutes – a minute longer than Andy Burnham‘s speech last week – prompted at least a dozen standing ovations.
Mrs Badenoch’s main themes were:
Defiance for the future and Tory turncoats
The Conservative leader warned there was a ‘fight coming’ that would be
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