MANCHESTER—Former Home Secretary Dame Priti Patel has called for the Tory Membership to “take back control” of the selection process within the party, as a former major donor and ally of Boris Johnson, Lord Peter Cruddas, called on donors to cease funding the party all together until greater power is given back to the membership.
Speaking at the Conservative Democratic Organisation’s (CDO) black-tie gala, on the fringes of the Tory conference in Manchester last night, Dame Priti stated that the CDO had stopped “so many members of the Conservative Party from leaving,” during political upheaval last year, which saw both Boris Johnson and Liz Truss resign as prime minister.
