The leader of Britain’s Conservatives vowed to return the party to its roots Wednesday as she tries to revive the fortunes of a once-electoral powerhouse whose very future is now under threat.

The party of political titans Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher has slumped further in polls since its resounding defeat in the 2024 general election as it sheds support to hard-right upstarts.

In her first party conference speech as leader, Kemi Badenoch pledged her party would follow the “same timeless Conservative principles” that once made it an election-winning machine.

Slamming Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer as “weak” and “useless”, Badenoch largely ignored the anti-immigrant Reform UK party that is eating into Conservative support and raising questions about its future viability.

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