Inside my most chaotic Tory conference ever - as members fear election defeat

At 11.30pm in a sweaty hotel ballroom, the woman who almost became PM unveiled her Tory vision - and no one listened.

“Shut the f*** up!”, shouted the host as hundreds brayed over Penny Mordaunt ’s plea to “keep calm, carry on”.

The Cabinet minister pleaded unity, defended her boss’s 45p Income Tax cut for the rich, and shouted: “Our policies are great, but our comms is s***!”