Priti Patel
| Priti Patel | |||
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| Former Home Secretary of United Kingdom From: 24 July 2019 - 6 September 2022 | |||
| Predecessor | Sajid Javid | ||
| Successor | Suella Braverman | ||
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| Party | Conservatives (1991-1995, 1997-) | ||
Priti Patel is a British politician and a member of the Conservative Party. She was Home Secretary of the United Kingdom between July 2019 and September 2022.
Early life
Patel was born in London, England to Sushil and Anjana Patel on 29 March 1972. She is of Indian descent; her paternal grandparents emigrated from Gujarat, India, establishing a convenience store in Kampala. Patel's parents emigrated to Hertfordshire, UK in the 1960s.
Career
Patel stood as a Conservative for the parliamentary constituency of Nottingham North at the UK general election on 5 May 2005. Patel was unsuccessful, losing by over 40 points to incumbent Labour MP Graham Allen.
Following her unsuccessful 2005 election campaign for Nottingham North, Patel was placed on the "A-List" of Conservative prospective parliamentary candidates, after being identified as a promising potential future candidate by then-party leader David Cameron.
In the 2010 UK general election, which took place on 6 May 2010, Patel won the Essex parliamentary seat of Witham - for which she'd been selected as the prospective candidate in 2006 - with 52% of the vote.
In March 2022, Patel became the victim of racist abuse from Tim Rideout, a policy advisor to the far-left Scottish National Party. Scottish Daily Express reported on 16 March 2022 that Rideout, who Tweeted that Patel should be sent "back to Uganda", had been suspended for the abuse.[1]
Political views
Priti Patel[2] believes strongly in the Conservative values of meritocracy, freedom and aspiration.That the Conservative belief in freedom, free markets and lower taxes empowers people, families and businesses to flourish and be in control of their own destiny.
In 2020, she demanded France to curb illegal immigration.[3]
Considered to be on the right of her party [4] and a defender of Israel against its attackers.[5]
A spokesman for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has demanded that Elon Musk keeps Twitter “responsible” through content censorship, after Musk successfully purchasing Twitter.[6]
References
- ↑ SNP policy advisor suspended by party over 'racist' Priti Patel tweet
- ↑ About Priti - Rt. Hon Priti Patel
- ↑ https://www.foxnews.com/world/uk-wave-illegal-immigration-across-english-channel
- ↑ Priti Patel: saviour of the Tory Right, TotalPolitics.com, 5 October 2012.
- ↑ Priti Patel: the ambitious politician whose reach exceeded her grasp, The Jewish Chronicle, 8 November 2017.
- ↑ https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/04/26/uk-demands-elon-musk-keeps-twitter-responsible-by-censoring-content/
