So the Conservatives must become Tories to get back "in touch with voters." In other words, we must become the enemy to win.
If there isn't a plug nickel's difference between them, then what's the point of having a Conservative party?
Sure, I know. My dad, father of a bunch of wild, silly kids, used to say, sighing, “I wouldn’t take a million dollars for any one of you kids. But, I wouldn’t give a plug nickel for another like any one of you either”. Made us think. Hard.
‘So the Conservatives must become Tories to get back “in touch with voters.”’
“Conservative” and “Tories” mean the same thing in the UK, I believe.