By The Telegraph (World News) | Created at 2024-09-29 07:10:33 | Updated at 2024-09-30 05:20:39
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Good morning
Dominic Penna here, guiding you through the first full day of the annual Conservative Party conference here in Birmingham.
This year’s gathering of the party faithful is quite unlike any other in recent memory with the Tories having slumped to a record defeat at the general election in July.
Indeed, its prime purpose will be to search for a successor to Rishi Sunak as the four remaining leadership hopefuls tour fringe events, schmooze MPs and delegates at receptions and give a 20-minute speech in the hope of eventually ousting Sir Keir Starmer from No 10.
James Cleverly, Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, Tom Tugendhat are all acutely aware that the party must go a long way to earn another hearing from the public, and yet they are all confident that they alone can lead it back into power.
