We are a party of conviction, firmly on the Right. This is why and how we are different from Reform.
Here’s the truth – the Conservatives have taken time to reflect after defeat. We have been honest about our mistakes. We have listened.
There are now clear dividing lines with the other political parties. We choose conviction over cynicism, and hope over fear.
Ours is still one of the most successful, resilient and influential countries on Earth. A country that has reinvented itself repeatedly. A country whose people quietly get on with things while politicians argue.
Telling them their country is finished does not empower the British people – it drags them down.
I’m surprised at those who say the Conservatives have lost an asset this week. It doesn’t matter how good someone’s TikTok videos are, if they’re trying to burn down your organisation and the people in it, they’re not an asset.
Robert Jenrick didn’t suddenly discover that he disagreed with the Conservative Party. Every criticism he now makes occurred when he was in government.
He spent longer in the Cabinet than some of the colleagues he now criticises, yet lacks the self-awareness to admit his own failures.
His defection was never about principle. It was about ambition.
This is the best opportunity I have had since I became the leader of the Conservative Party to show we are a party of conviction, firmly on the Right, and to explain why and how we are different from Reform.
Toxic people destroy organisations. They destabilise teams by breeding mistrust and distracting others from getting on with the job. That is why I know Reform will not succeed. A movement built on grievance and serial disloyalty is doomed to fail, and they will be at each other’s throats soon enough.
And for those who are worried that a divided Right cannot defeat the Left, ask yourselves who is actually fighting the Left?
Every time the Conservative Party has put Labour on the ropes, Reform turn their gun on us instead. They rush to change the subject.
When we successfully exposed Angela Rayner for dodging her taxes, they rushed out the defection of Danny Kruger.
When I was tearing apart Rachel Reeves’s terrible Budget, out they came with another defection.
Every time we expose Labour’s failures, Reform try to drag the conversation back to us. That tells you everything. The Conservatives know our job is to hold Labour to account. Reform is too busy trying to tear down the only credible opposition to Labour.
Here’s the direction in which the Conservatives want to take the country: a stronger economy and a stronger Britain. That means backing work and enterprise, not suffocating business with regulation.
It means protecting parents and children in the online world, not shrugging as tech giants profit from harm.
It means public order, national security and defence taken seriously, not waved away with slogans. That is why we are advancing policies on a social media ban for children, abolishing stamp duty, reforming business rates, leaving the European Convention on Human Rights to get proper control of our borders, and investing in our sovereign defence capability.
You may ask why the Conservative Party didn’t do this before. Well, sorry, but I wasn’t in charge then.
On net zero, on de-regulation, on tax-cutting, protecting children from puberty blockers, giving women back their single-sex spaces and stopping the woke Left from corrupting our children by convincing them they come from a racist country, Conservative members saw that I was consistent and that is why they picked me to be their leader.
Some believe that the defections bring government experience. This is where Farage has made one fundamental mistake. He does not understand that holding a ministerial title is not the same as achieving results. Government experience is about what you delivered when you had the chance, not the car you were driven in.
Jenrick’s effectiveness has now been exposed. This was not even a competent defection. It was chaotic and leaked by his own acolytes before he could do it himself. He couldn’t even arrive to his own defection press conference on time!
The Conservative Party is stronger without people who don’t believe in teamwork, loyalty or discipline.
The public are not interested in this soap opera. They are tired of Westminster drama. They want politicians talking about the cost of living, national security and the future of their country, not indulging in endless plots and personality clashes. I am stopping the nonsense.
The Conservative Party is now a stronger and more united team. We are focused on talking to voters, not talking about ourselves. We have drawn a line under the mistakes of the past and we are clear about where we are going next.
This is the difference between politics as performance and politics as delivery.
Yes, Britain’s problems are real, and in some cases getting worse. But Britain is not broken. We are a great country with deep reserves of strength, talent and resilience.
What has failed is a system that too often rewards process over outcomes and intervention over results. Labour’s answer to every problem is another consultation, another review, another layer of state control. That does not make people richer. It makes them poorer.
Being angry is easy. Anyone can point out what is wrong. Fixing it requires discipline, competence and hard thinking. I am an engineer. I believe in diagnosis and solutions. That is the mindset now shaping the Conservative Party.
We are not a repository for frustration. We are a serious, optimistic, outward-looking party that believes Britain’s best days are ahead, not behind us. Conservatives are getting on with the work of making that a reality for you.
