Kemi Badenoch has cemented her image. Now she wants to put her party back on the big stage
Now she wants to put her party back on the big stagePublished7 minutes agoImage source, GettyByLaura KuenssbergSunday with Laura KeunssbergThe 2026 Conservative conference is big enough to justify using Birmingham's Symphony Hall as its main stage again. So, Kemi Badenoch will tread the same stage ageing rockers Marillion took last month - and where sequinned soprano Katherine Jenkins will perform next week. She'll also avoid the humiliation of a national party leader being squashed into a side room at a corporate conference centre (with drapes portioning off the empty space).
- ▪Now she wants to put her party back on the big stagePublished7 minutes agoImage source, GettyByLaura KuenssbergSunday with Laura KeunssbergThe 2026 Conservative conference is big enough to justify using Birmingham's Symphony Hall as its mai
- ▪So, Kemi Badenoch will tread the same stage ageing rockers Marillion took last month - and where sequinned soprano Katherine Jenkins will perform next week.
- ▪She'll also avoid the humiliation of a national party leader being squashed into a side room at a corporate conference centre (with drapes portioning off the empty space).
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| Publication time | Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:27:57 GMT |
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Kemi Badenoch has cemented her image. Now she wants to put her party back on the big stagePublished7 minutes agoImage source, GettyByLaura KuenssbergSunday with Laura KeunssbergThe 2026 Conservative conference is big enough to justify using Birmingham's Symphony Hall as its main stage again. So, Kemi Badenoch will tread the same stage ageing rockers Marillion took last month - and where sequinned soprano Katherine Jenkins will perform next week. She'll also avoid the humiliation of a national party leader being squashed into a side room at a corporate conference centre (with drapes portioning off the empty space). Simply, the party is able to put bums on seats again - and by that measure, things are looking up.Badenoch goes into the conference with her own position secure in the party.
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