If you think the Tories’ problems would be solved if they ditched Kemi Badenoch and turned to any of the mooted replacements – or indeed to anyone else – then I have a bridge to sell you. When you’re booted out of office less than a year ago because the public despise you – because they think you stand for nothing, are disastrously useless, and are incapable of telling the truth about anything – then the idea that you just need to be a bit better at social media memes and appear on a few more TV interviews is risible.
Imagine how refreshing it would be to have a leader who was honest about the need to cut welfare
The truth is that even on their current 16 per cent, it’s not clear that the Conservatives have yet hit their floor. Reform is soaring ahead and the Lib Dems have effectively replaced the party in much of the south.
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