The Guardian view on the Conservative conference: a party still searching for a purpose | Editorial
The Tories are flattered by their status as the official opposition in parliament. In the wider country, Reform UK has set the agenda on the right, overtaking Kemi Badenoch’s party in opinion polls and poaching MPs from her benches.But Nigel Farage’s progress has stalled. Scrutiny of Reform’s finances has made its leader look shifty.
- ▪The Tories are flattered by their status as the official opposition in parliament.
- ▪In the wider country, Reform UK has set the agenda on the right, overtaking Kemi Badenoch’s party in opinion polls and poaching MPs from her benches.But Nigel Farage’s progress has stalled.
- ▪Scrutiny of Reform’s finances has made its leader look shifty.
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‘To make her party competitive in British politics, Mrs Badenoch needs more serious arguments.’ Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PAView image in fullscreen‘To make her party competitive in British politics, Mrs Badenoch needs more serious arguments.’ Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PAOpinionConservative conferenceThe Guardian view on the Conservative conference: a party still searching for a purposeEditorialKemi Badenoch has a lot to say about Labour and Reform UK but none of it amounts to a coherent alternative programme for governmentFri 2 Oct 2026 12.51 EDTLast modified on Fri 2 Oct 2026 12.52 EDTShareThe Conservative party is far from the margin of British politics, but it has yet to recover the relevance to which it feels historically entitled.
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