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Priti Patel announces Tory leadership bid
Former home secretary Priti Patel, January 24, 2024

PRITI PATEL has become the fifth Tory MP to enter the Conservative leadership contest, vowing to turn the party “back into a winning machine.”

Polling shows that the ally of disgraced ex-prime minister Boris Johnson is the least popular candidate to become leader of the opposition.

While home secretary, she was accused of bullying staff and heavily criticised by campaigners for her “anti-refugee” immigration and asylum measures.

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