Former security minister promises a ‘revolution’ if elected leader and apologises for ‘recent political trauma’
Tom Tugendhat has said that people will “never vote for a party that they’ve stopped taking seriously” – promising to lead a “Conservative revolution” as he launched his
“I will make the Conservative party a serious force again. I will make us respected for our experience and our realism, admired for our integrity, acknowledged for our achievements and given credit for seeing the errors that we may make and correcting them,” he said at his leadership speech in Westminster.Tugendhat said he wanted to apologise for the conduct of the party. “I witnessed the recent political trauma with a combination of depression and anger.
But Tugendhat said he was not a centrist but a “conservative candidate” and used his speech to promise tough action on migration and changes to Britain’s relationship with the European convention on human rights, promising to leave that treaty if change could not happen. “The entire purpose of international treaties is to keep British people safe, not for us to worship international treaties,” he said.
Tugendhat said he would also set out a plan to spend 3% of GDP on defence. “The purpose of British foreign policy is to keep the British people safe and prosperous.”Our morning email breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what’s happening and why it mattersTugendhat’s speech is the final launch event of the Conservative leadership contest, before a private hustings for Tory MPs on Tuesday night.
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