"The Conservatives' gathering in Birmingham is set to be no different but with a particular emphasis on the third [party leadership candidates], a beauty contest for those who believe they have the answers to what went wrong."
"The central drama in Birmingham for some, the only story in town, is the way it is being largely staged as an opportunity for Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat to bat their ideological eyelashes and show some policy leg to party members."
"There are fringe events to examine everything from internal organisation to why the Tories have been more or less abandoned by young voters, but nothing that necessarily suggests a party acknowledging the scale of the task it faces."
"The interim chair, Richard Fuller, will announce details of a review of the party's processes, but any inquest will mainly have to wait for the new leader, who will not be announced before 2 November."
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