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The Conservative party is at a crossroads

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09.10.2025

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 05: Kemi Badenoch, Leader of the Conservative party, leaves the stage after addressing delegates in her ‘Leaders Welcome’ speech on the first day of the Conservative party conference on October 05, 2025 in Manchester, England.Kemi Badenoch goes into her first conference as party leader with current polling putting the Conservative Party in fourth place behind Reform, Labour and the Liberal Democrats. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

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A Party at a crossroads. That’s been the mood of Conservatives here at their party conference in Manchester this week. But better a crossroads than a dead end.

That’s the finding of Onward’s latest megapoll, this time of 5000 people aged 16-40. We found the Conservatives are polling an underwhelming 14 per cent among this age group. But that’s only part of the story. These generations are not hostile to conservative policies – a third would consider voting for the party as things stand, and fully........

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