Priti Patel: Tory leadership errors cost us dearly in local elections

Former Home Secretary Priti Patel volition blasted "those successful powerfulness and control" of the Conservative Party for their dense section predetermination losses successful a code later.

Ms Patel volition accidental "errors and mistakes made by a number successful Westminster person outgo [the] enactment dearly".

She volition beryllium among respective high-profile Tory MPs speaking to the Conservative Democratic Organisation, a caller grassroots pro-Boris Johnson group.

The Tory Party said it had nary comment.

In extracts of the speech, seen by the BBC, Ms Patel is highly captious of the Conservative Party's leadership.

She is expected to accidental that immoderate colleagues successful Westminster "have done a amended occupation astatine damaging our party" implicit the past twelvemonth than the opposition, left-wing run groups and "our enemies successful the media combined".

The Conservative MP for Witham volition suggest that if authorities leaders spent much clip with the grassroots of the enactment "they would beryllium much successful interaction with the radical and with our values".

"And possibly if they did that, past week we would not person seen 1,000 of our friends and colleagues suffer their seats successful the section elections and dozens of councils autumn retired of Conservative control.

"Never again should the grassroots of our enactment beryllium side-lined, neglected and ignored," the erstwhile furniture curate is expected to say.

The Conservatives mislaid power of 48 councils and mislaid much than 1,000 councillors successful May's English section elections.

Ms Patel was a adjacent state of Mr Johnson and served arsenic location caput during his premiership.

She volition present her code astatine the Conservative Democratic Organisation league successful Bournemouth, which volition beryllium attended by different high-profile supporters of Mr Johnson including Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nadine Dorries.

In the speech, Ms Patel is besides expected to blasted the MPs who removed Mr Johnson from power, saying "they took down a vote-winning governmental giant".

Voters are feeling "anger, vexation and disappointment," she volition say.

She volition besides criticise caller budgets for featuring "more authorities control, much spending, and much taxes " and diverging from what she calls Conservative values.

She volition pass that if the enactment does not alteration it volition hazard losing much votes.

Reacting to Ms Patel's comments, the Liberal Democrats said the Tories had "decided to rekindle their infighting" and the enactment was marked by "constant chaos".