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By Jessica Frank-Keyes The Tories are gearing up for a bun fight in Birmingham this week as the party gathers for its first conference since July’s catastrophic defeat. A so-called ‘beauty parade’ of the four remaining candidates vying to become Leader of the Opposition got underway this weekend with a flurry of receptions and rallies at the International Conference Centre, while party activists and MPs also unpick the scale of the summer loss and debate the party’s future policy direction. Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Tom Tugendhat will set out their stalls to MPs and par…

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