'Deaf' letter reprimands Conservative Party members who don't donate to elections

The author told MPs, activists and MPs that they had informed “senior management”; about those who donated to the campaigns Credit: PA/James Manning

Conservative Party leaders are facing a backlash after reprimanding party members who don't donate money for not “doing their best”. to help with the election.

Earlier this week, party bosses issued an appeal to Tory members for funds in an email headlined “Missing in action?”

The author told MPs, activists and party members that they had informed the “senior leadership” of the party. party about those who helped the Tory campaigns.

“I do this every day. And I very much hope that your name may be on the list tomorrow,” the email said.

It then set out key policy areas for the election campaign, including the Labor Party’s plan to “raise taxes on working people by £2,094”, “roll out the welcome mat” for illegal migrants, cancel deportation flights from Rwanda and raid pensions with a pension tax. .

“Don’t you want to do everything you can to stop him? Tomorrow I will inform the chairman about who has already donated. And who is with us in the last stretch of the campaign. Will your name be on the list?” he concludes.

The email, which one observer described as “tone deaf”, has drawn criticism from Conservative Party members who are believed to be unhappy with what they believe with an arrogant begging letter that comes in addition to the annual dues they pay to the party.

Right-Wing Critics

The biggest critics have been activists on the party's right wing, who have suggested they will contribute when the centrist Conservative central office takes their views more into account.

That's understandable, too. has caused dissatisfaction with the number of special advisers who have won winning seats at the expense of local candidates.

The unopposed election of Richard Holden, the party's chairman, to the safe seat of Basildon and Billerica drew the biggest backlash, with one constituency official calling it a “slap in the face” for the Tories in the area.

< p>Controversy over funding email erupts just a day after Nigel Farage's Reform UK party overtook the Tories for the first time in a YouGov poll, putting them on 19 and 18 percent respectively.