Conservative Party must change or die, says Andrew RT Davies

“Welsh industries and communities have paid the price of globalisation and our party must do more to protect them,” he said.

“We must show that we care, and defend their sense of community, togetherness, and local pride.

“If our party changes, we’ll recover quickly, and we’ll succeed in 2026 and 2029.

“But if we don’t, we’ll die. That’s the choice.”

The Labour Welsh government was dominated by an “extreme metropolitan worldview, combined with soft nationalism,” he added.

This, he believed, had led to 20mph speed limits and the expansion of the Senedd rather than improving public services.