A Reform pact is the Tories’ only path back to power

In Sunday’s episode of The Daily T, Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley discuss the Conservative Party conference with Tony Diver, the Political Editor.

They look at where the Tories stand in the polls and discuss what it needs to do to claim back its position as the opposition party in the eyes of the public. Tony outlines the tactical dilemmas facing Kemi Badenoch and her party, and whether a post-election deal with Reform UK may prove necessary to claim a majority at the next general election.

Meanwhile, Nick Tyrone, the author of The Rise of Reform, joins Camilla and Tim to examine the party’s influence on the Conservatives in the run up to the 2024 general election and beyond. Mr Tyrone identifies Robert Jenrick’s Thatcherite economic vision as the party’s driving direction, and suggests that a strategy of targeted campaigning in Conservative and Reform heartlands could recreate Boris Johnson’s 2019 election win.

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Editor: Camilla Tominey

Highlights:

• Tony Diver outlines the dilemmas facing the Conservative party as it approaches its annual party conference
• The Rise of Reform author Nick Tyrone explains how a Reform-Tory pact could repeat a Boris Johnson 2019 election victory