Warsi resigns Tory whip, saying party has moved too far to right

After the Tory party announced its investigation of Warsi, the peer posted: ‘I will not be gagged on point of principle.’ Photograph: Suki Dhanda/The Observer

The former cabinet minister Sayeeda Warsi has resigned the Conservative whip, saying the party had moved too far to the right from when she was in government.

In a post on X, Warsi said: “It is with a heavy heart that I have today informed my whip and decided for now to no longer take the Conservative whip. 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.