A FORMER Tory Cabinet member has admitted her party “repel” voters.
Nadine Dorries, a fierce Boris Johnson loyalist who served as his culture secretary, approvingly reposted a tweet from the National Conservatism official Twitter account highlighting a speech from commentator Melanie Phillips.
The tweet read: “The British public is repelled by the Tories as well as Labour. Neither speaks to people’s wish to have a home, with a set of inherited traditions and institutions.
So clear and so true. https://t.co/fLno2iKx31
— Rt Hon Nadine Dorries MP (@NadineDorries) May 18, 2023
“These are conservative values. That’s why people voted for Brexit.”
Dorries, who has been a backbench critic of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, replied to the tweet: “So clear and so true.”
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It comes amid a growing row within the Conservative Party about falling rates of homeownership, especially among young people.
Some Tory MPs fear the party has driven away a generation of renters who have effectively abandoned hope of owning a home.
It has given Keir Starmer a chance to paint Labour as the party of homeownership – pledging to rewrite English planning laws to encourage more housebuilding.
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