Liz Truss has launched a new movement, Popular Conservatism, to "take on left wing extremists" and "stand up for conservative values".
Giving a speech at the group's launch, the former Prime Minister said the political landscape has "shifted to the left", calling for the Conservative Party to "change the system".
She said: "I believe the fundamental issue is that for years and years and years- and I think it goes back two decades - conservatives have not taken on the left-wing extremists.
"These people have repurposed themselves. They don't admit they're socialists or communists anymore, they say they're 'environmentalists'. They say that they're in favour of helping people across all communities. They are in favour of supporting LGBT people or groups of ethnic minorities.
Liz Truss has launched a new movement, Popular Conservatism, to "take on left wing extremists" and "stand up for conservative values"
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"They no longer admit that they are collectivists - but that is what their ideology is about. It's all about taking power away from people and families and handing power to the state or unaccountable bodies.
"And the problem is, the conservatives have tried to appease these people. They've tried to triangulate."
Taking a swipe at the current administration, Truss added: "This is a Conservative Government allowing people to define themselves, whether or not they're a man or a woman. something which we know is a biological fact. and we've had pandering to the anticapitalists as well, in terms of regulating business, regulating landlords, regulating small enterprises.
"And the problem is that when we don't know what we stand for - when we're not prepared to stand up for conservative values - that has meant the landscape has shifted to the left."
The former PM continued: "This is a problem that goes wider than just one Government department, it goes right to the way we do government overall.
"You can watch GB News or you can read the Telegraph and you can hear people talk about brilliant policies every day - why don't we do this to cut immigration, why don't we do this to reform the city, to improve education? But it's not enough to just have the policies when the system is actively working to stop the policies from happening.
"Conservatives really need to be thinking how we change the system."
Speaking to GB News at the Pop Con launch, Truss vowed to tackle the "spread of wokery".
Speaking to GB News at the Pop Con launch, Truss vowed to tackle the "spread of wokery".
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She that voters want her party to "deliver conservative policies", adding: "They know that a man is a man and a woman is a woman."
Truss said one of the current problems facing society is the "spreading of wokery" and "left-wing ideas", saying that the goal of Pop Con is to "combat that".
The MP for South West Norfolk explained: "The people of Britain want us to deal with real issues - immigration is too high, the government is too big, taxes are too high. But what we constantly hear is the left, so PopCon is about challenging that.
"It is about challenging the left-wing orthodoxy and making it positive to be a Conservative."
Asked whether her Government has "lost its way", Truss responded: "We need a grassroots movement. That's what this is about. It's about making sure that the environment is positive for conservatism so that people feel empowered to talk about being a conservative and it becomes a positive thing in society.
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"Because I believe that conservative solutions are the right solutions. I know from talking on the doorstep to residents in Norfolk That's what they want. They want us to deliver Conservative policies. They know that a man is a man and a woman is a woman. But what we need is a grassroots movement to challenge that left-wing ideology."
She added: "As I've said, we've done great things as a government. But what this is about, it's about the long term. It's about influencing society because it's not just about what the Government does. It's also about what happens in our corporations, what happens in our schools.
"For that you can't just tell people what to do from government. You actually need to influence the debate, and you need to make it a positive thing to be a conservative."
