Theresa May blasts the elite for ignoring fears over immigration
THERESA May will today tell the Tory grassroots the era of rule by an out-of-touch liberal elite deaf to anger about immigration is over.
Mrs May is to outline her vision of a 'united Britain'
In a dramatic promise of a decisive break with the past, the Prime Minister will say that public concerns about border controls, crime and job security have been ignored for far too long.
And she will savage the Westminster establishment for treating the decent patriotism of millions of working-class voters as “distasteful”.
Mrs May is to outline her vision of the bold new “united Britain” that can emerge from Brexit in her speech to close the conference.
“I want to set our party and our country on the path towards the new centre ground of British politics built on the values of fairness and opportunity where everyone plays by the same rules and where every single person, regardless of their background or that of their parents, is given the chance to be all they want to be,” she is expected to say.
Her remarks are bound to be seen as heralding an audacious appeal to traditional working-class voters disillusioned by the Labour Party’s lurch to the Left under Jeremy Corbyn to switch to the Tories.
The PM will announce her desire to lead Britain towards a 'new centre ground of British politics'
Mrs May will take a coded swipe at her predecessor David Cameron
But she will also take a coded swipe at her predecessor David Cameron by suggesting the Tories need to move away from the “libertarian Right” views of his privileged clique.
And she will distance herself from politicians across the political spectrum who have shut their ears to concerns about mass immigration for years.