Kemi Badenoch is proving a specialist in squandering political opportunities. But it did offer Badenoch a chance to relaunch her leadership. With the populist Jenrick no longer lurking behind her, she could affirm the Tories’ status as the natural home of the centre right. “My Conservative Party has moved to the right every day since I became leader,” she boasted in an early draft of her speech. This piece first appeared in the Morning Call newsletter; receive it every morning by subscribing on Substack here[Further reading: Inside Labour’s plan to win Gorton and Denton]