Going into her first party conference as leader of the Conservatives, Kemi Badenoch faced two challenges. First, to save her faltering leadership, and second, on her own behalf and that of her party, to begin earning the right to be listened to by the British people.
On both counts, she acquitted herself well. She is safe, for now – and her surprise announcement that her government would abolish stamp duty was more than sufficiently bold to command public attention.
