How Low Can They Go? All The Ways The Tories Have Started Lurching Further Right

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68e3d769140000affa5c6fa6.jpeg?cache=24WYfRE7HB&ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch" data-caption="Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="news/kemi-badenoch" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kemi Badenoch</a> has unveiled a series of hard-hitting right-wing policies at her first conference as the <a href="news/conservative-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Conservative Party</a> leader.</p><p>Having been elected last November, the North West Essex MP insisted she would only reveal her plans for government in 2027, as the party recovered from their historic loss at the 2024 general election.</p><p>But, amid <a href="news/reform-uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reform UK’s </a>rise in the polls – and its ability to pinch many disillusioned Tories along the way – it seems Badenoch has had a change of heart.</p><p>In a bid to win back those voters, Badenoch appears to have doubled-down on her hardline policies, even taking inspiration from Donald Trump and Nigel Farage.</p><p>Here’s what we know so far.</p><h2><strong>Replicate ‘ICE’</strong></h2><p>The Tories have unveiled a <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/disgusting-kemi-badenoch-savaged-over-plans-for-trump-style-immigration-raids_uk_68e36061e4b003ca997c73bf">new Trumpian-style approach to immigration which,</a> according to Badenoch, is “modelled on” the US’s controversial Immigration and Customs En
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