My approach will pay off eventually, says Tory leader Kemi Badenoch

Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, has stated that there may be a price to pay in opinion polls, but that if her party's reforms would

pay off eventually. Badenoch argued that unlike Labour and Reform UK, she would not

rush outnew programs and instead taketime to get it rightrather thanrush it out. She acknowledged that the Conservative Party may face a small political blow for the plan, but that "nothing good comes quickly. Badenoch's first year as the party's leader begins in Manchester, Badenton is being questioned about her first year in office, which has seen the party do poorly in the polls and local elections.

The party has been losing money to reform, and several former Conservative MPs, as well as one who was elected in 2024, have defected to Nigel Farage's party. When asked if Reform had stolen the Conservatives' thunder, Badenoch replied:

Reform rushed out an announcement on indefinite leave to remain

-- they hadn't done the actual work.

All of a sudden, a lot of Europeans with settled status didn't know what was going to happen to them.

I make sure that when I announce something, I think about how it will impact people.

winning elections without a strategy is what got us into difficulties, it's why Labour is floundering, and that's what Reform will deliver.

I said I wanted to do politics differently, but doing it right requires being patient and taking our time. "The Conservatives have introduced a number of measures in the run-up to the conference, including the intention to repeal the Climate Change Act, lead the European Convention on Human Rights, and a planto to deter 750,000 illegal immigrants. The Conservatives' plans include a ban on people entering the UK without authorization from claiming asylum and setting up a force to arrest people quickly. According to the party, leaving the ECHR would make it difficult for people to appeal their removal and speed up deportations.

Badenoch told Laura Kuenssberg that there are

too many people in our world who should not be here. Badenoch said when asked where the people being deported would be sent to, they replied:

I'm tired of us asking all of these irrelevant questions about where should they go.

They will go back to where they belong or another country, but not here.

We cannot have a situation where we cannot deport people, so we don't know where they will go so they will remain here.

We're basically inviting every single person from around the world to our shores because we don't know where they will go after. That is a defeatist attitude, and I will not have one.

In a later interview with GB News, Badenoch said that MPs who did not agree with leaving the ECHR would not be able to run as a Conservative candidate.

You may have differing opinions about whether you want to be a Member of Parliament as a Conservative,

she said, "You must accept that leaving the ECHR is a declaration of commitment.

The Conservative Party faithful will gather in Manchester for four days of speeches, debate, and discussion during the conference. Poor opinion polls and concerns regarding Badenoch's leadership are dominating the conference. According to a recentYou Gov poll, only one out of five people think Badenoch has done well as the Conservative leader, while almost half (45%) think she has done poorly.

Our show should have arrived on the road much sooner than we had,

Conservative Mayor Ben Houchen said on Laura Kuenssberg's program, and that a space had been opened for Reform to steal a march.We need to start pulling our socks off. Start to communicate more and begin to state what a healthy Conservative Party can do for this world.