Kemi Badenoch: “This could be a turning point for us. It is an extraordinary victory, and Kemi has something to pin our comeback on.”

Reform has people who left the Conservative party, some of the most dishonest people I have ever met in my entire life.

I do feel the pull to Scotland because I see it as a place that should be more conservative than it is.

When the proper process has run its course and there is a genuine contest, we will be there.

‘What I want is a Conservative government, not a monstrous Reform-Conservative hybrid, which will actually put as many people off as it gains.’