The Fight for Britain’s Right: Can Kemi Badenoch Reboot the Conservatives?

New York Times7 October 2026, 04:01 UTCUnited Kingdom

Attendees at the party’s annual conference have been buoyed: both by leader Kemi Badenoch’s rising poll ratings and a mock Bayeux Tapestry. But the challenge from Reform U.K. remains.

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