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Conservative Party Conference 2025: Kemi Badenoch speech; ENGLAND: Manchester: Manchester Central Convention Complex: CPC25:INTMembers seen in audience including:Sir Mel Stride MP (Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer)Priti Patel MP (Shadow Foreign Secretary)Chris Philp MP (Shadow Home Secretary)Alex Burghart MP (Northern Ireland Secretary)James Cartlidge MP (Shadow Defence Secretary)Laura Trott MP (Shadow Education Secretary)Julia Lopez MP (Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology)Andrew Bowie MP (Shadow Scottish Secretary)Hamish Badenoch (husband of Kemi Badenoch)Claire Coutinho MP (Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero)Kemi Badenoch MP (Conservative Party Leader) speech SOT Together, we Conservatives will save Britain from that fate.And we can do it together because we are a strong team.My fantastic shadow cabinet Mel, Chris, Claire, Laura, Rob, Andrew – both of them, James – both of them, Mims, Jesse Stuart, all of you: thank you. Thank you so much.My front bench, experienced hands and rising stars.Conference, we know our MPs and peers have more collective wisdom than the rest of Parliament put together.And it’s not just them, lets not forget Darren and our MSs in Wales, Russell and our MSPs in Scotland, our fantastic mayors.Labour beater Ben Houchen and Reform slayer Paul Bristow, Councillors, activists.You are our party. Thank you.I joined our party as an activist 20 years ago.I was with you delivering leaflets and knocking on doors.I sat in this hall listening to speeches.I celebrated all our wins, and I felt the pain of every defeat.I cannot tell you how honoured, how privileged, and how proud I am to stand before you as Leader of our party.Leader of the Conservative Party.The only party that can meet the test of our generation.You are more than just a political party to me.You have supported me, you have stood by me, you have enabled me to achie...