Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, a former Conservative co-chairwoman and cabinet minister, has resigned from the party, criticizing its shift to the right and accusing it of hypocrisy and double standards in its treatment of different communities.
The former co-chairwoman of the Tories accused the party of displaying 'hypocrisy and double standards '
“This is a sad day for me. I am a Conservative and remain so but sadly the current party are far removed from the party I joined and served in Cabinet. She said on X: “Every day before we start parliamentary business in the Commons and Lords we say a prayer and praise God – we say our parliamentary version of Allahu Akbars at the heart of democracy – a process Robert Jenrick is a part of.… if it doesn’t understand or reflect the experiences of a large majority of the Bame communities that make up Britain?
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