Baroness Warsi resigns from Conservative Party over ‘drift to the right’ - Britain’s first Muslim cabinet minister says party is ‘hypocritical’ and no longer resembles the one she served in government

Warsi, a British lawyer and member of the House of Lords, whose grandfather emigrated to the UK from Pakistan, has been criticising the Conservative Party over its rhetoric on asylum seekers. “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 wrote on X.

Former Tory chair Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has quit the Conservatives in a furious row just as the party is preparing to gather for a crucial conference on its future in Birmingham. The Muslim peer was brought in as chair by David Cameron in 2010 to help detoxify the party’s brand and bring it into the 21st century.

Baroness Warsi announced on X that she had resigned from the Conservative whip over claims of "hypocrisy and double standards". | ITV National News

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has resigned from the Conservative party after claiming the Tories have become too ‘far-right’. The former co-chairwoman of the Tories, currently serving as a peer in the House of Lords,

The former minister, who is now a peer, has long been at odds with the party over what she once said was 'institutional islamophobia' in its ranks.

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has quit the Conservatives after claiming the party has moved to the “far right”. The former co-chairwoman of the Tories and current House of Lords member said the party had displayed “hypocrisy and double standards in its treatment of different communities”.