The Conservatives are facing backlash after a leaked recording suggested the party think they have "done the apologies"

The Conservatives have been accused of being “tone deaf” after the party’s strategy chief claimed they have “done the apologies”.

According to The Telegraph, a leaked recording has revealed that a top ally of leader Kemi Badenoch, Baroness Maclean, told supporters the Tories have “done the mea culpas” now.

Speaking to the Conservative Women’s Organisation on June 18, she said the last government had a “tendency to make announcements without thinking through how they would be delivered.”

But, Maclean – who ran Kemi Badenoch’s leadership campaign – claimed the Tories will now be able to move forward with new policies and rebuild their reputation.

“We’ve done the mea culpas, we’ve done the apologies, we’ve done all that,” she said in the recording.

The Tories were in power for 14 years until they were unceremoniously kicked out of 10 Downing Street in last July’s general........

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