Dame Priti Patel attacked the “Brexit-bashing BBC” during a fiery speech at a gala dinner on the first night of the Tory Party conference in Manchester on Sunday.
The former Home Secretary used an address at the Conservative Democratic Organisation’s black-tie dinner to rail against “the free speech deniers at the BBC and the so-called mainstream media”.
Making the case for a fundamental shift within the Tory Party in order to protect free speech, make the most of Brexit and uphold true Conservative values, she said: “We must offer them full-blooded Conservatism. A Conservative manifesto that has our values of Freedom, Enterprise and Opportunity at its heart.
“A manifesto that gives families and businesses the economic freedoms that they care about by cutting taxes, reducing red tape, and making the most of the freedoms we now have outside of the European Union.
“Our next manifesto must commit to rolling back the frontiers of the State by reforming public services so they are more efficient and effective, bring down the burden of State spending – the weight of which is making our country sink, and empower communities over planning and development.”
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