Suella Braverman urges Tories to embrace Nigel Farage as she calls on the party to ‘unite the Right’

Suella Braverman has told the Tories they must embrace this Nigel Farage as she called on the party to “unite the right.”

The former home secretary opened the door for Britain’s reform leader to join the government Conservative Party saying she would welcome him to the ranks.

Mr Farage last week lambasted the Prime Minister and the Tory leader Rishi Sunak for his ‘terrible’ decision to leave the D-Day 80th anniversary commemoration ceremony early.

The Prime Minister profusely apologized for his ‘mistake’ in ditching the final D-Day event in Normandy to fly back to London to conduct a pre-recorded interview ITV.

It sparked a fierce reaction from political rivals and even the Tory frontbencher Penny Mordaunt joined Mr Farage in putting the boot in the Prime Minister in a BBC election debate.

Suella Braverman has told the Tories to embrace Nigel Farage as she called on the party to ‘unite the right’

The former Home Secretary opened the door for Britain’s reform leader to join the Conservative Party by saying she would welcome him to the ranks

The Reform leader lashed out at the Prime Minister’s “terrible” decision to skip the event, while Ms Mordaunt said it was “completely wrong” to miss commemorations of 80 years since the start of Europe’s liberation from Nazi rule to leave it alone.

The decision left veterans in Sunak’s own constituency feeling ‘disgusted’.

Speaking yesterday, Ms Braverman, who was brutally sacked by Mr Sunak during a Cabinet reshuffle in November, said The times there was ‘not much difference’ between Mr Farage’s policies and those of the Tories’.

“We must find a way to work together in the future because there should not be major differences between us,” she said.

‘I would like to welcome Nigel to the Conservative party. There really isn’t much difference between him and many of the policies we support.

‘We are a broad church, we must be a hospitable party and an inclusive party. If someone supports the party that is a condition, and if he/she wants Conservatives to be elected then he/she must be welcome.”

Mr Farage came under fire today for claiming Mr Sunak is not doing that understand ‘our culture’.

In an interview with Laura Kuenssberg on the BBC, Farage said: ‘It shows the man doesn’t understand. He’s not patriotic, he doesn’t care about our history, our culture.”

Farage came under fire for claiming Rishi Sunak doesn’t understand ‘our culture’ after the Prime Minister left D-Day 80th anniversary commemorations early

Rishi Sunak apologized to TV cameras for leaving D-Day commemoration events early

Mr Sunak’s early departure from Normandy saw Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron join US President Joe Biden, France’s Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Olaf Scholz on Omaha Beach

In a post on social media this morning, Mr Sunak admitted that ‘it was a mistake not to stay in France longer – and I apologise’

The leader of Reform UK insisted his comments were about class and not race after facing strong backlash from across the political spectrum when he was accused of ‘dog-whistle politics’.

Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride was made ‘uncomfortable’ by Farage’s comments, while shadow justice secretary Shabana Mahmood said they were ‘completely unacceptable’.

Mr Sunak told local newspaper The Northern Echo that he was “deeply sorry for the pain he had caused to his constituents living in Catterick Garrison. He previously said his decision to drop the commemoration on June 6 was “disgusting.”

On BBC One yesterday morning, Ms Kuenssberg said viewers “might imagine that you are trying, not very subtly, to highlight the Prime Minister’s immigrant heritage”.

Mr Farage said: ‘I know where your question leads: 40 per cent of our contribution to the First and Second World Wars came from the Commonwealth.

“He is completely disconnected by class, by privilege, from how ordinary people in this country feel. He revealed this, I think in spectacular fashion, when he left Normandy early.

‘There are now millions and millions of people who were conservative voters, traditional conservative voters, not the red-wallers, who are now thinking, ‘Do we move on? support for the Conservatives Or do we support the reform?’

“This, I think, will be the crucible of these elections.”

A Tory defeat at the July 4 general election would lead to a leadership battle with Ms Braverman expected to throw her hat into the ring for a second time.

Equality Minister Kemi Badenoch is currently the frontrunner and the bookmakers will be next Tory leaderwith Priti Patel as second favourite.

Mr Farage is ahead of Ms Braverman in the betting this month suggested a ‘takeover’ of the Tory party in the event of a heavy defeat for Mr Sunak.

Equality Minister Kemi Badenoch is currently the bookmakers’ frontrunner to become the next Tory leader

Former Prime Minister Liz Truss (left) and Dame Priti Patel (right) have both backed Farage’s entry into the Tory Party

He said he hoped key figures from the right could unite under one banner if Labor achieved a major victory on July 4.

When asked whether he is proposing a merger, he answers: “It looks more like a takeover.”

There is increasing speculation about Farage’s future and the possibility that he will rejoin the Tories after the election in a bid to rebuild the party. drag them away from the center and more to the right.

Senior Tory MPs, including Ms Braverman, former Prime Minister Liz Truss and Dame Priti, have backed him as he returns to the Tory fold after he left the party 32 years ago over its position on the European Union.