It grieves me to say it, but at the moment, the Conservatives are a spent force. They've only themselves to blame. They had it all and threw it all away. I would argue they are so devastated as a party, I don't beleive Kemi Badenoch can turn it around and decline, if not extinction is potentially on the cards.

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Badenoch denies empty seats an issue at Tory conference

On Monday, shadow chancellor Mel Stride gave his speech to a partially empty hall in Manchester.

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