John Rentoul, chief political commentator – ‘She never addressed the question: why should we believe it will be different next time?’
The message of that speech was that she will have no truck with Reform. “To those who say ‘unite the right’: we are not uniting with that.” The most powerful section was her denunciation of politicians who suggest that you cannot be Black and British. “We are not like them. We are different. We are the Conservative Party.”
