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Singer enjoyed event – and so did Conservative members … but his appearance might not win him new fans

Police seek driver believed to have deliberately driven vehicle into crowd of people at university freshers’ event

Hope, it seems, springs eternal in Tory breasts. No matter how disastrous the outlook might appear for their party, members can always cheer themselves up by exercising their right to choose new leaders, in the full knowledge that within months they will be plotting against them for not being “conservative”…

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Delusion and short-term relief brought a strange buzz to Birmingham, with the leadership race still wide open

I am sitting writing this in a corner of the Birmingham ICC, a conference centre and concert venue as though designed by Max Escher with a confusing array of staircases going everywhere and nowhere, it seems. But that is not what strikes me as odd. More, I am struck by…

UK government charters further flights from Beirut as conflict between Israel and Hezbollah spirals

Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich: The hosts emulated their famous victory over the Bavarians as Jhon Duran came off the bench to score a late winner in the Champions League

James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick, Tom Tugendhat and Kemi Badenoch gave their final pitches to be Tory leader

Four contenders vie for Conservative Party leadership post-election loss, facing challenges and lukewarm public interest in Birmingham conference.

Reform UK leader speaks out as quartet of Conservative leadership hopefuls are set to address Birmingham conference