READ MORE: <\/strong> ‘They can’t win’ Nigel Farage predicts election wipeout for Tories<\/strong><\/p>\n Dame Priti though urged the activists: “We need to get behind Rishi [Sunak]”<\/p>\n She warned that things “will be much worse if Labour and Keir Starmer win the election.”<\/p>\n But in what has been a difficult week for the Prime Minister she made it clear she believes he needs to change direction on a number of fronts.<\/p>\n The conference in Manchester has had a numer of high profile meetings with Liz Truss, Dame Priti, Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, Lord Frost and other senior figures attacking current government policy.<\/p>\n Dame Priti is one of 33 MPs including Ms Truss to have signed a pledge vote against any attempt to raise taxes.<\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong> We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n After two days of attacking government policy, Dame Priti told her audience: “I’m just getting warmed up.”<\/p>\n She warned that the party had “regressed” in terms of its offer to the British people and giving its members a say.<\/p>\n She noted: “Often the British people are more conservative than the Conservative Part.”<\/p>\n Dame Priti said: “I personally feel like our party is becoming far too centralised.<\/p>\n “We’re seeing it across the board now and at association levels, but also in the selection of candidates.<\/p>\n “It seems to me that literally the selection of our candidates to be future MPs or future public servants is literally now being determined by a handful of people in CCHQ.”<\/p>\n She also warned that people were leaving the party because of “shenanagins in Westminster” which “saw two of our democratically leaders disposed of”.<\/p>\n However, asked whether the Conservatives have too broad a range of opinions she warned that “the party has to unite to defeat Labour.”<\/p>\n But she insisted that “the golden thread of democracy” needs to be restored in the party going forward.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/Priti-meeting-4992095.jpg?r=1696346807005\")
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