Tories will channel anger at Labour, vows Badenoch

Kemi Badenoch says she wants to channel anger toward Labour as she seeks to position the Conservatives as the only party able to make the tough decisions facing the UK. Despite spending too much in other areas, Tory leader Laura Kuenssberg accused Sir Keir Starmer of failing to properly fund the armed forces on Sunday. She accused Reform UK of a authoritarian desire to control the sector, citing its emphasis on the oil industry and automaker Rolls-Royce. She said that the Conservatives were now more able to criticize the Starmer government now that the general public has seen Labour's draconian first 18 months in office.

It's clearer what they're doing, so it's easier to see what we're protesting,

Laura Kuenssberg said on Sunday, adding that the Conservatives must move beyond providing reflexive resistance.I'm trying to channel the rage that a lot of people out there are unhappy with the country's leadership,

she said. Since being booted from office in the 2024 general election, she said that the Conservatives had

learned a lot of lessons.

We believe we're the only party with both intelligence and courage to make the difficult decisions that will bring the country to the right place,

she said.

'Grievance'

Badenoch, the Conservative Party's leader since November 2024, faces a difficult challenge in turning her party's fortunes around as she begins the new year. Despite her increasingly winning accolades for her efforts to hold the government accountable in Parliament, Tory poll ratings have only increased marginally in recent months. However, Labour's Unpopularity is forcing her party to face Nigel Farage's Reform UK in order to capitalize on Labour''s unpopularity. Badenoch continued her recent attacks on both Labour and Reform's economic plans in Kuenssberg's interview, alleging that they are both Labour- and Reform-based, with both Labour's and Reform two distinct types of authoritarianism She dismissed the possibility of working with Farage's party to avoid splitting support among voters who are usually to the right of Labour, saying that reform

needs to do the same things that Labour does not. After Reform said last year that it favoured lifting the two-child benefits capfor working British couples, she emphasized the party's social policies. She also blasted reform's proposals for government involvement in oil and gas exploration in exchange for a taxpayer interest in the programs, as well as the company's recent claim that it will purchase a portion of Rolls-Royce in exchange of giving the company contracts to build small nuclear reactors.

They want to increase welfare spending, they want to nationalize Rolls-Royce, oil, and gas,