Sam Merullo: Despite the new year noise the blueprint for a Tory revival should be to 'paint it bold'

Sam Merullo: Despite the new year noise the blueprint for a Tory revival should be to 'paint it bold'

Sam Merullo works in venture capital and is chair of a London academy school.  Kemi Badenoch had returned to Westminster after Christmas break with a gentle spring in her step. Just twelve months ago, the outlook was bleak: a bankrupt party, a hollowed-out parliamentary cohort, the spectre of an insurgent Nigel Farage and the lingering scent of internal mutiny. The last few days may not have been an easy one for the party, but the low tide has t…