Pro-Palestine marches have become ‘carnivals of hatred’, Badenoch tells Tory conference – UK politics live

<p>Party leader says Britain has allowed extremism to go unchecked</p><p>The polling firm <strong>Opinium</strong> has released some research this morning suggesting that some Conservative party policies are popular with voters – but that, if people are explicitly told that they are Kemi Badenoch policies, their popularity goes down.</p><p>There is some evidence that Keir Starmer’s unpopularity has the same effect – and that, once a policy is associated with him, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/01/keir-starmer-labour-collapse-public-support-digital-id-cards">voters are less inclined to back it</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/oct/05/conservative-tory-conference-kemi-badenoch-echr-immigration-uk-politics-live-news-updates">Continue reading...</a>