33 h. ago Reform’s newest MP Danny Kruger: ‘On a personal level I deeply regret rejecting the Tory party’

Danny Kruger became Nigel Farage’s biggest scalp after the shadow minister defected to Reform. Alex Ross visited the East Wiltshire MP at his office to find out why he left the Tories – and what the future holds for Reform

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4 d. ago Boris Johnson needs to take responsibility for immigration spike, says former right

Danny Kruger says Reform policy will target migrants who came to the UK under the ‘Boriswave’

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6 d. ago Britain’s tallest Tory opens up for first time about being bullied and his ‘heroine’ Kemi Badenoch

James McAlpine, 22, who stands at 7ft 2in, became an unlikely star of last week’s Conservative Party Conference

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6 d. ago All beliefs are welcome in London – we cannot allow extremists to divide us | Sadiq Khan

Attacks against Jewish and Muslim communities are on the rise, and some politicians are exacerbating tensions by appealing to our worst instinctsSadiq Khan is mayor of LondonFor the first time in three years, hate crime in England and Wales is on the rise. The latest statistics released by the Home Office, showing religiously motivated offences at a record level, are deeply disturbing. But for those who have witnessed some of the appalling scenes on our city’s streets in recent months, they will not be surprising.Over the past two years, Jewish people have faced a rising tide of antisemitism, and the heinous terrorist attack in Manchester on Yom Kippur was a terrible reminder of just how pervasive this poisonous form of hatred continues to be. Between January and June, the Community Security Trust reported more than 1,500 antisemitic incidents. A survey by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research found that 35% of Jewish people feel unsafe in the UK.Sadiq Khan is the mayor of London...

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8 d. ago Cocaine found at Tory party conference as investigators discover traces in the toilets

Just a week after traces of cocaine were found at a Labour Party conference event, a Daily Star Sunday investigation has discovered the Class-A drug in the toilets of the Tory conference in Manchester

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8 d. ago BRIAN READE: 'For their arrogance and shameless lying, Tories deserve to be in history's dustbin'

The Conservative Party Conference was almost pornographic with its passion for Margaret Thatcher, says Brian Reade, but clinging to the memory of a dead leader while in total denial of its disastrous recent past, speaks volumes

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1 week ago Kemi Badenoch emphatically sees off Tory leadership rivals with stunning 'big bazooka' promise to abolish stamp duty and 'save Britain' from Starmer's doom loop

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch electrified her party's annual conference in Manchester by announcing plans for an audacious £9 billion tax cut funded by a crackdown on welfare and waste.

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1 week ago All the weirdest, scariest and embarrassing things we saw at Tory conference 2025

It's been a rough few days for Kemi Badenoch and co at the Tory Party Conference in Manchester - from botched merch, rows of empty seats and Robert Jenrick being a bit odd

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1 week ago LIZZY BUCHAN: Empty seats at Tory conference underline grim reality for troubled party

'Kemi Badenoch has probably bought herself some time with the Tory party - at least until the looming nightmare of the local elections in May. But was anyone else listening?'

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1 week ago Who is Kemi Badenoch's husband Hamish? Tory leader uses conference speech to thank 'Ham' as she tells party members she 'would not be standing here today' without him

In her keynote address to the Tory gathering in Manchester, Mrs Badenoch hailed the party as 'my family', adding this was 'in many ways quite literally'.

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1 week ago 9 bombshells from Kemi Badenoch speech from Stamp Duty to Farage 'pig' jibe

Kemi Badenoch brazenly claimed only her party tackle Britain's problems as she glossed over the Tory record - with a rabbit in a hat stamp duty announcement

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1 week ago Kemi Badenoch vows to abolish stamp duty as she delivers conference speech

The embattled Tory leader thanked party members for ‘standing by’ her amid dire poll ratings

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1 week ago Tories are only party that can meet ‘test of our generation’, says Badenoch

The Tory leader is delivering her closing address to the party conference.

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1 week ago Watch: Chesney Hawkes serenades ex Tory MPs and party staff at Conservative conference — despite suggesting Labour allegiance

The singer made an appearance at the Conservative conference despite saying he ‘would be Labour’ earlier this year

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1 week ago Keir Starmer says Robert Jenrick should not be taken seriously over his 'worst integration' remarks and accuses Tory MP of continuing his party leadership campaign

The Prime Minister said the Shadow Justice Secretary should not be taken seriously after it emerged that he had complained about not seeing another white face while in Handsworth.

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1 week ago Badenoch’s ‘thoughtful Conservatism’ turns out to be just the slower road to Faragism | Rafael Behr

The Tory leader’s intellectual meanderings have shrunk her party into little more than a holding pen for future Reform party candidatesBritish politics is starting to look post-Conservative. That isn’t a forecast of extinction for Kemi Badenoch’s party, just an observation of decline. Their agenda-setting days are behind them. Their loyal voters are old and they are not recruiting new ones.There is vigour on the right of the political spectrum, but the most energised people prefer burning things to conserving them. In parliament, Badenoch is still leader of the official opposition but in swaths of the country, the role of chief antagonist to the government has been usurped by Nigel Farage. Every speech at the Tory conference in Manchester has been a strangulated plea for relevance. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'Cringe' Kemi Badenoch does 'karaoke' in pub of young Tories as she fights 'ghost town' claims

EXCLUSIVE: Deluded Kemi Badenoch is comparing herself to Tory battleaxe Margaret Thatcher as she fights claims the Conservative party conference has been a “ghost town”.

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1 week ago Tory defectors to Reform UK lacked mettle to ‘deal with tough times’ – Badenoch

The Conservative leader told ITV News she was ‘sorry to lose’ supporters as she embarked on a ‘long, difficult journey’ in Opposition.

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1 week ago Tory MSP Murdo Fraser reported to police after calling for 'no more buddhists or vegans' at Rangers

A Tory party spokesman claimed Fraser's tweet was aimed at Russell Martin and was "obviously a joke".

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1 week ago Tory MSP Murdo Fraser reported to police after 'no more Buddhists' Rangers tweet

A Tory party spokesman claimed Fraser's tweet was aimed at Russell Martin and "obviously a joke".

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