Britain's storied Conservative party faces uncertain future

Britain's main opposition Conservative Party, shadow housing secretary, James Cleverly and his life Susannah after attending the annual Conservative Party conference in Manchester, north-west England, on October 7, 2025. [AFP]

They were an electoral powerhouse, the party of political titans Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher and Benjamin Disraeli. But Britain's once-towering Conservatives end their annual meeting on Wednesday with their very future under threat.