Kemi Badenoch has said she 'won't be blown off course' from holding Labour to account, as she took aim at recent Tory defectors to Reform and the Conservatives trying to drag the party back to the centre. In a speech on Wednesday, Mrs Badenoch likened the recent wave of high-profile defectors to Reform to children 'having tantrums' and asserted the Conservatives as 'the only party of the right'. 'What we need are people who are going to help get Britain working again, and that means we have to be a truly Conservative party. In response, Mrs Badenoch warned that those pushing other agendas are 'not being helpful' and that the Tories need to 'move away from any sort of factionalism or groupings'. 'Those veterans put their lives on the line to defend us, and I want them to know that the Conservative Party will always have their back.'