Kemi Badenoch tries to unite Britain's right

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  There is a fight coming in British politics,

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  Kimmy Badenock told the Conservative Party at its annual conference on October 7th.

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  The Tory leader promised a battle of ideas with the ruling Labour Party.

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  This party is now the No Drama Party, she declared.

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  The Tories are feeling more upbeat and less drama-ridden than they have for a while.

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  This is mostly because they are pleased to have survived.

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  Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, has made it his mission to kill them off altogether

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  and replace them as the dominant party of the right.

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  This time last year, he seemed to stand a chance.

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  Reform was top of the opinion polls and had a 13-point lead over the Tories.

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  Now, thanks to a modest recovery by the Conservatives and a big drop in support for reform,

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  that gap stands at just two points.

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  Labour, meanwhile, has moved back up to first place.

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  Reform has also failed to hollow out Ms. Badenoch's flock of MPs,

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  having set a deadline of May this year for disaffected Tories to defect.

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  They came in a trickle rather than a flood,

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