'Embarrassing' Chocolate Bar Handed Out at Tory Party Conference - Liverpool Echo
A printing error on chocolate bars quoting Kemi Badenoch added to the Conservative Party's troubles amid poor polling and leadership uncertainty, poll shows half oppose Badenoch's leadership.
- This past week the Conservative Party handed out a chocolate bar at its Manchester conference that misspelled 'Britain' as 'Britian', bearing Kemi Badenoch's signed quote.
- Organisers blamed a 'printing error' and pulled the chocolate bars from goodie bags after Tory party organisers handed them to journalists and supporters.
- A video and images shared on X amplified the mistake after LBC journalist Natasha Clark flagged the typo and photos of sparse conference rooms circulated widely.
- Ms Badenoch's attempt to use the conference to boost her standing was undermined by the gaffe and wider conference gloom, while a YouGov poll of 652 Conservative members shows 46% back her and 50% oppose her leadership.
- Some senior Tories publicly urged right-of-centre unity, calling for closer ties with Reform UK as Andrew Rosindell pushed to 'unite together' against the left, while YouGov polling shows 64% back an electoral pact.
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