Henry Hill and Tom Jones are joined by former lobby journalist Rob Hutton, who, having attended both the Tory and Reform conferences, looks at the parallels and divisions between the two parties of the right.
Journalists seem to be increasingly obsessed with the ‘mood’ at conference, rather than the actual words politicians and policymakers use or the policies they promise to deliver, as party members increasingly become audiences rather than activists.
With Reform’s spectacular rise, are the more traditional Conservative circles starting to shrink? And do the Conservatives really understand who their voters actually are?
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