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🗓️ 10 October 2025
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From wartime leadership to economic revolutions, Conservative figures have shaped Britain’s past and present. But who stands out as the greatest of them all? In this conversation, recorded live at Conservative Party Conference: Katie Lam makes the case for William Pitt the Younger, Camilla Tominay nominates Margaret Thatcher, William Atkinson points out the number of young Tories who now idolise Enoch Powell, and Neil O’Brien explains why all conservatives should know about Jerzy Popieluszko. Who wins? You decide.
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| 0:37.4 | Welcome to this spectator event. |
| 0:40.3 | We'll be asking who was the greatest conservative ever. |
| 0:44.3 | And I'm joined by Camilla Tominy of the Daily Telegraph and G.B. News from the shadow |
| 0:50.3 | cabinet, Neil O'Brien, the Shadow Home Affairs spokesperson and member of parliament for the Wield of Kent, Katie Lamb, and the spectator's own William Atkinson. |
| 1:00.8 | Now, we know that all four of them are great conservatives. |
| 1:04.0 | So I'm not asking you to adjudicate on their individual merits. |
| 1:11.8 | Instead, each of them will be acting as advocates |
| 1:15.1 | for a great conservative from history. |
| 1:18.6 | And it will be up to you to ask them questions |
| 1:22.0 | and then at the end to vote. |
| 1:24.3 | And it won't be AVE, STV. or any of these absurd continental innovations. |
| 1:31.9 | It will be straightforward first past the post. And just to explain, we'll be doing it in |
| 1:39.5 | sort of historical order. So that means that Camilla will be first, |
| 1:47.3 | and Camilla will be making the case for Margaret Thatcher. |
| 1:50.6 | A great lady. |
| 1:55.7 | Then Neil will be making the case for Father Jersey Popolescu. |
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