Tories 'must secure majority'

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2nd October 2011

Baroness Warsi has opened Conservative party conference in Manchester with a look ahead to the next election.

"Every leaflet we deliver, every call we make, every candidate we select, every member we take, it's all about 2015," she said.

"Because if we truly want a compassionate Conservative Britain governed by a compassionate Conservative party then in 2015 we must deliver an outright Conservative majority."

She continued:

"As proud as I am of the coalition, as charming as Chris Huhne is to me, I have a single driving ambition as chairman of this party, to win an outright Conservative majority in 2015.

"Now if that didn't ruffle a few feathers, let me say something else. Winning an outright majority in 2015 means we must win in all parts of Britain as it is today.

"That means reaching out and connecting and attracting people from every corner of the country and every community.

"It means broadening and widening and deepening our appeal, it means we have got to speak to every kind of person from every kind of background."

Baroness Warsi, who is co-chairman of the Conservative party, also attacked Labour leader Ed Miliband.

"I ask this: Mr Miliband if you truly believe what you say, where on earth have you been for the last thirteen years?

"It’s your government that created the something for nothing culture. It’s your party that took out more than you put in."

The start of the Manchester conference saw 30,000 protesters take part in a march and rally against government spending cuts.

Protesters chanted "Tories out" as they marched past the heavily-guarded Manchester Central conference venue.

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