Come back, Boris? Battered Tories pine for a winning formula

“The key to winning back Reform voters is taking a stronger line and coming up with the right policies on immigration,” said John Flesher, the deputy director of the Conservative Environment Network. “The evidence that Reform voters are really hostile to climate and the environment just isn’t there.”

Flesher added: “I don’t think she’s necessarily rejecting everything from that era, but it’s inevitable, given where the party is, that we are going to start to look at things differently.” 

“The age in which we live demands a fittingly conservative response,” said the second Tory MP. “[Badenoch] needs to be more confident about setting out that vision.” 

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