The Tories know they screwed up some stuff - but there is one glaring omission
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThere's an obvious question for Conservatives to answer, three months on from their historic election defeat - what went wrong?
The party's annual conference in Birmingham this week - the first in which it has been out of power in 15 years - has been dominated by the race to replace Rishi Sunak as leader.
But it's also been an opportunity for the party to reflect on mistakes made in government. The honesty has been refreshing. On Sunday (September 29), Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen - the most powerful Conservative in the north, and perhaps in the country - said that his party were 'absolutely terrible', 'incompetent' and lost the trust of the British people. READ MORE: We asked every Conservative leadership candidate one question about the North He praised the party for promising 'exactly the right thing' under Boris Johnson in 2019, but accused the previous government of failing to 'level up' the country.
Others on the same panel - including former government minister Mel Stride - identified 'competence' over migration, the NHS and the economy, trust, citing partygate, and a lack of economic growth since 2008, as causes of their downfall.
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