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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Tom Ambrose

Priti Patel to blame local election losses on Tory leadership in speech

Priti Patel is expected to attack MPs who removed Boris Johnson from No 10 in her speech.
Priti Patel is expected to attack MPs who removed Boris Johnson from No 10 in her speech. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images

Priti Patel will attack the Conservative party leadership, blaming heavy local election losses on “those in power and control”, in a speech on Saturday.

The former home secretary is expected to accuse the Tory leadership of having “done a better job at damaging our party” over the past year than Keir Starmer’s Labour party or leftwing campaign groups.

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