Kemi Tory 2 Belfast News Letter

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The Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch MP speaks to her party conference in Manchester on Wednesday October 8 2025, saying the party lost the election to Labour because it accepted the status quo. She quotes Margaret Thatcher saying the Tories must reverse Labour measures. Video by Ben Lowry, editor of the Belfast News Letter

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00:00My starting point is always to carry out a diagnosis before producing the blueprint for the right time.

00:09Since I became your leader, my shadow camera and I have analysed the problems facing this country.

00:15Our diagnosis is clear.

00:18Britain is being held back by a broken model.

00:22A model which says the government always knows best.

00:26That high immigration is always good for the economy.

00:29That Britain should apologise for its history rather than be valid.

00:34We lost because we accepted the status quo no more.

00:39When Margaret Thatcher was the leader of the opposition, she said this.

00:44Every Labour government is prepared to reverse every Tory measure.

00:50While Conservative governments accept nearly all socialist measures, the end result is only too plain.

00:58She was right.

00:59To fix our country, we must reverse Labour's measures.

01:03We must reverse Labour's measures.

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