At the 2025 Conservative Party conference in Manchester, the veneer of revival barely conceals a party in crisis. The “Boris-wave” myth — nostalgia for Johnson-era bravado — gave way to bitter reality: low polling, internal fractures, and an electorate drifting toward Reform.

 

 

Analysts warn the Conservatives are courting electoral oblivion unless they reset their narrative.

 

Kemi Badenoch, the party leader, attempted to marshal coherence by rejecting alliances with Reform UK and presenting a slew of bold policy pledges — from slashing tax burdens to reworking public services — aimed at reasserting identity. Yet critics say her proposals echo failed past orthodoxies, while Reform feasts on disillusioned Tory supporters. The conference exposed deep ideological confusion: a party split between its establishment past and populist future.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the exhibition floor, stalls hawked party memorabilia — from Margaret Thatcher prints to logos-branded merchandise — a nostalgic nod that contrasted sharply with the party’s fragile present.

 

 

Observers see a pattern: the Conservatives are hemorrhaging relevance in a changed political landscape. With Labour resurgent and Reform surging, the Tories risk being squeezed from both sides. The conference, once meant to rejuvenate the party, is increasingly read as a political eulogy.

 

 

 

Key Takeaways

 

Nostalgia for the “Boris wave” can’t mask the Conservatives’ falling support and identity crisis.

 

Kemi Badenoch’s policy gambit faces internal scepticism and external critique as politically unconvincing.

 

Reform UK is capitalising on voter disaffection, placing the Tories in danger of being electorally squeezed.

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/07/tory-conference-boriswave-reform-electoral-annihilation

They lied to us for 14 years. Who would EVER trust them again.

10 minutes ago, henryford1958 said:

They lied to us for 14 years. Who would EVER trust them again.

 

So you won't be purchasing a Thatcher mug...? 😁

 

 

The empty seats tell their own story.

I don't see a political solution to Britain's woes. The die is already cast and no political figure or party has the will or the means to change it. Even if Britain elected Tommy Robinson as Prime Minister with a huge electoral majority, there is zero chance that Britain can be returned to anything like the nostalgic era of the 19___ _{(insert your preferred hedonistic decade)}.

 

Societal breakdown and civil unrest will accelerate rapidly over the next three years.  Call it civil war or a revolution, but that's where it's leading. 

 

Sir Keir Stalin is trying his best to mitigate the situation with tyrannical legislation and tyrannical Stassi police shutting down the conversation, but he lacks the strength to prevent the inevitable.  

 

I see no reason why the second revolution should not be as violent as the first.