LONDON (AP) — Members of Britain’s defeated and divided Conservative Party gathered Sunday for an annual conference dominated by the search for a new leader capable of bringing the right-of-center party back from a catastrophic election defeat.

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