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Conservative leadership candidate James Cleverly addresses members during the Conservative Party Conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.The former home secretary issued the bizarre plea as he made his pitch to succeed Rishi Sunak at the Tory conference in Birmingham.He said: “Let’s be more like Reagan. Let’s be enthusiastic, relatable, positive, optimistic. Let’s be more normal.
Alluding to the Tories’ abysmal defeat at the ballot box in July, Cleverly also apologised to the party members. “Sorry on behalf of the Conservative parliamentary party who let you down, and we have to be better, much better, and under my leadership, we will be. “But I went into politics to get things done, not watch from the sidelines, and all the more so after the defeat that we’ve just had, I need to do this for the party that I love and for the country that I love.”
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