We must excel as Opposition to show Tories can be trusted to govern again

This, therefore, puts a lot of pressure on the Conservative and Unionist Party to start doing something with a lot of haste. First, we require energy, energy to us from the present position to the point on the road back to Government; second, we require experience, experience of practical politics. 
 
You will see that CCHQ needs to be reformed to ensure that it can support an effective Opposition, get behind our brilliant candidates and inspire our valiant membership. 
 
It will be a vain denial to admit that in last few years, Conservatives have lost many active leaders at the local levels and at the national level as well. 
 
Each and every time we fail to secure a candidate, we fail to put forward someone who can articulate why Conservativism is good. It cannot be that we allow this to continue. 
 
Given that the local elections are less than a year from now, it’s about time to start. This is why I have a fully worked out 100-Day Plan that includes my proposals for reorganisation and the professionalisation of CCHQ. 
 
This is an enormous challenge for the Party now that the PML-Q is in the opposition. We must get our financial situation analysed and enhanced and also start looking for ways to capacitance CCHQ to go on the offensive against our adversaries. 
 
If we are to deliver first rate policy research in order to hold the Labour Government to account and promote the right values and principles, then there may need to be funds made available to employ some of the brightest Conservative thinkers. 
 
It cannot merely be confined to scrutinising the Government for shortcomings. It is essential to prove to the electorate that we have new concepts for the development of the country which will expand the economical potential, optimize the outcome of the public services and free the potential throughout the territories of Great Britain. 
 
Awakening is a constitutional duty It is interesting to note that Kenyans tend to embrace dramatic but constitutional processes such as opposition as their daily business. We will never reclaim the confidence of the voters if we are not particular with this job and resourceful. It is also astonishingly urgent. ” 
 
As Labour raises taxes on pensioners, surrenders to union demands and builds on our green belt, the public require that leadership that will hold Labour to account. 
 
The provincial polls are very important polls next year, and we cannot take the polls lightly. There are over forty Conservative-led councils to defend at the next election, and our party organisation must be geared up to do so. 
 
The Tories lost much of their majority in December, but it will be the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s first real electoral test since becoming Prime Minister. 
 
Labour’s continual wrongdoing makes it essential that we prove we can be an Opposition and eventually a government hence the urgency to pounce at Labour’s wrongs. 
 
The way of starting to work from the bottom and winning the local elections without a shade of a doubt must also be sincerely considered. We should consider how local champions such as Ben Houchen and Andy Street are beginning to create incumbency in other elected areas. 
 
In order to create a solid ‘blocking’ locally, the Conservative candidates require hyper-local organisational structures and, chiefly, leaflets. This will include using of social media in which all our candidates will be expected to know how to use digital tools in approaching voters and establishing incumbency. 
 
This bottom-up approach is also about understanding that, there is perception out there that there is a problem of democracy in our Party. This requires attention if we are to reconnect with working people who will remain a key component of rebuilding the public’s confidence in us. 
 
I will respond to this in a package of reforms, including the election of the Party chair. They will be the advocates for our grassroots and will sit at the higher level making decision that will keep on empowering our members. 
 
Some of the critics have complained that this will entrench our members and further complained that the Conservative and Unionist Party is a different party from that which in 1997 Lord Hague granted membership rights. 
 
However, I say this is wrong; it is all about time we equip our members and make them have something to fight for in as much as they defend conservatism and the principles we hold dear. 
 
It would be my wish to model this on how we proceed to select parliamentary candidates after I was selected for Witham in 2006. 
 
It meant that I was able to spend the time necessary and get well involved—establish a good local campaign team of activists and councillors. 
 
If we are to regain some of the parliaments we lost and get back into government it will mean selecting firm candidates immediately to stand a chance against determined opponents all of whom believe in the success they got in 2024. 
 
In this respect, the Conservative and Unionist Party can be in no better position to be ready for the impending contest. To start with, our task is to gather, to join efforts. However, we also need to professionalise our parties and enfranchise our participants. 
 
That is why I am today promising to draw on my experience of campaigning at this level and to bring to CCHQ a renewed energy which will help us get ready for the next election.