On Thursday night, Baroness Warsi dramatically announced that she was quitting the Tories. When they heard the news, I’m sure many Conservative party members were distraught. But only because, instead of letting her quit,

The former cabinet minister Sayeeda Warsi has quit the Conservatives, saying the party has moved too far to the right.

Former Tory chair Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has quit the Conservatives in a furious row just as the party is preparing to gather for a crucial conference on its future in Birmingham. The Muslim peer was brought in as chair by David Cameron in 2010 to help detoxify the party’s brand and bring it into the 21st century.

Britain’s first Muslim Cabinet minister quit the Tories on Thursday night after the party launched an investigation into “divisive” comments. Baroness Warsi, who sits in the Lords, said she was leaving because the party had moved to the “far Right”.

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, who was made a peer by David Cameron in 2007 and later served as chair of the Conservatives, explained her decision on social media. Baroness Warsi was informed an investigation was about to begin earlier this week.

Former co-chair criticises party’s ‘hypocrisy and double standards in its treatment of different communities’.

My decision is a reflection of how far right my party has moved and the hypocrisy and double standards in its treatment of different communities.” Baroness Warsi s

Britain’s first Muslim cabinet minister says party is ‘hypocritical’ and no longer resembles the one she served in government

The former minister, who is now a peer, has long been at odds with the party over what she once said was 'institutional islamophobia' in its ranks.