Tory civil war as Priti Patel blasts Rishi Sunak at Boris Johnson support conference

Disgruntled right-wing Tories, frustrated with the direction the party is heading, traveled to Bournemouth for the first conference of the Boris-backed Conservative Democratic Organization Johnson

Priti Patel blamed "those with power and control" of the party for the terrible election results (

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Priti Patel hit out at Rishi Sunak today, accusing 'those in power and control' of wrecking the party's local elections.

And Jacob Rees-Mogg warned that the Tories risked becoming "toasts" as the party descended into civil war.

Ms Patel, the former home secretary, told a Boris Johnson support conference, accused Mr Sunak of presiding over his party's 'controlled decline' and complained that the Mr Johnson's impeachment was 'undemocratic'.

And she delivered a thinly veiled blow to Mr Sunak after last week's devastating local election results, saying 'mistakes and mistakes by a minority in Westminster have cost [the] party dearly'.

“A report in front of the camera, a very organized visit and answering a few questions from journalists during press conferences do not replace a few hours of hard work and campaigning knocking on doors and distributing leaflets”, a- she said.

Disgruntled right-wing Tories, frustrated with the direction the party is heading, descended on Bournemouth for the first Conservative Democratic Organization (CDO) conference yesterday.

The group, led by mega-donor Lord Peter Cruddas and former MEP David Campbell Bannerman, was behind the 'Get Boris on the Ballot' campaign after the former prime minister was ousted. last summer.

Nadine Dorries gave an enthusiastic speech about her former boss, Boris Johnson (

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It has been called a 'party within a party' and compared to the band Momentum, which backs Jeremy Corbyn.

Mr. Rees-Mogg, Ms Patel, former Northern Ireland Secretary Conor Burns and former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries were the guests of honor on the day's meeting.

Mr. Johnson was not present, but provided a signed magnum of pink Bollinger as a raffle prize and sent a video message which was played in the main lobby.

Speaking in front of a pair of union flags, Mr Johnson said: 'A big thank you to you for all you have done and continue to do for our big celebration, the