Slowly but steadily the green shoots of Tory recovery are beginning to emerge from the icy wasteland left by the 2024 election humiliation.
With the image of other party leaders rapidly palling, Kemi Badenoch is suddenly the name on many lips as a serious contender to be the next prime minister.
There’s no room for complacency. The Tories’ betrayal of their 2019 mandate is still fresh in the public mind. But most of those responsible have either lost their seats or been purged and a new generation of Conservatives are making their presence felt.
Mrs Badenoch’s stature as a leader grows by the
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