Conservatives Assess Post Election Steps After General Defeat

Reform UK won 4.1m votes last election. Debate within its ranks over whether they should move towards the right is already occurring and debate is intensifying on this question. Suella Braverman may run; on Friday she made comments comparing Tory figures’ criticism of Mr Farage with that of patients being critical of doctors when sick; when reporters visited her home on Saturday morning to inquire whether or not she planned on running she said there had been “no announcements”. “To win back voters who sided with Labour over us,” Mr. Cates stated to BBC Radio 4’s Today program, adding: “That can only come about through showing competence, having policies which speak directly to their interests within an overall conservative framework and by having candidates and policies which demonstrate competence. Miriam Cates who saw her 7,210 majority overturned by Labour believes she believes Conservatives can win over “small C conservatives,” those voters who previously chose Reform UK over them.