The 3 big questions Kemi needs to answer and she can get Brits voting Tory again

The Tory party faithful are currently holed up together at this year's Conservative Party Conference, plotting how to turn around the court of public opinion and start winning back their voters.

But the floating voters keep throwing the same accusations at the party - including in the Express's lively comments section.

From how they can ask for trust after 14 years in power, to copying Reform, to betraying Brexit - these are the big questions.

And here is how members think Kemi must answer them to show Brits they can feel confident voting Conservative again.

You had 14 years and didn't fix these problems, how can we trust you now?

At 23, Jack Symon, a father of two, is a younger member of the party. He's a Conservative councillor and lives in Teesside.

He said: "Trust isn't about how long you've been in power, it's about whether you've learned and are delivering now.

"After 14 years, we've had highs and lows - but we've listened, we've learned and we're focused on fixing what matters now.

"When the country faced Covid, when Ukraine was invaded, when inflation spiked - we took responsibility and acted. Trust comes from facing challenges head-on, not walking away from them."

Nick Oliver, 59, is a business owner and a Northumberland Conservative councillor.

He said: "I would hold our hands up and say that we did get a lot of things wrong and, fundamentally, we didn't deliver on the things that we said."

However, Nick also pointed out that some challenges we faced made that exponentially harder - such as Covid and the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Ruth Betson is a communications manager and former Conservative councillor who lives in Cambridgeshire. Ruth thinks that ups and downs - over a period as long as 14 years - will happen. However, she says the Tory party will stand the test of time.

She said: "The Conservative Party is the oldest political party in the world for a reason. That is because our beliefs and our core principles are identified with by the majority of the population of this country."

Aren't you just copying all of Reform's ideas?

Phillip Taylor, 71, from Richmond, is a practising barrister in the family courts. He thinks the reality is actually quite the contrary.

He said: "They are copying us! They are the copycats."

Phillip says that Reform is quick to offer ideas but added that they do this "without thinking about the long-term problems" that these might pose.

He added: "They are going to latch onto those policies that gel with the public."

Trevor Cessford, 67, is a retired fireman and teacher and is currently a Conservative councillor in Northumberland and says that the idea of leaving the ECHR is certainly not Reform's.

He said: "I was at conference last year and there was talk of leaving the ECHR even then - it's just the decision to go ahead with it has now been made by Kemi."

Haven't you betrayed us over Brexit?

Adam Branton, 53, is a Conservative councillor who lives in Rochdale and works in the pharmaceutical industry.

He said: "I'm not a policy maker but I guess that at the time they didn't have the strength or the legality to do it."

Nick from Northumberland was once again pragmatic in his response on how the party has handled Brexit.

He said: "I think [again] we just have to hold our hands up - we have not taken advantage of the freedoms that Brexit gave us."

Ruth agrees that there is so much more Brexit can offer the UK but that the will wasn't there then to grasp them.

She said: "As a staunch Brexiteer who would vote Brexit again in a heartbeat - I would wish we had have moved quicker and more decisively after the referedum.

"But the particular make-up of the party at that time didn't enable us to do so."

This, says Ruth, must now change.