Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch adjusts her headphones as she prepares to speak to media on day three of the Conservative Party conference on October 7, 2025 in Manchester.

Kemi Badenoch clashed repeatedly with different broadcasters today as she was scrutinised over the Tories’ decline.

She is struggling to motivate her party 15 months on from their historic defeat at the ballot box last July and their collapse in the opinion polls since she became leader last November.

Speaking from the annual Conservative Party conference in Manchester – where delegate numbers have dropped dramatically – the Tory leader was frosty with multiple journalists when they questioned her over the party’s continuing decline.

It seemed Badenoch was trying out a new Conservative tactic: blaming the media.

For instance, on BBC Breakfast, Badenoch questioned the veracity of a new report from The Guardian which revealed shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick had complained that part of Birmingham is a “slum” with “no white faces”.

Badenoch defended her colleague, adding: “Given that it’s The

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