The head of Iceland leaves the Tories, calling them "out of touch."

 The head of Iceland leaves the Tories, calling them "out of touch."

Iceland supermarkets' CEO, who had aspirations of becoming a Conservative MP, has left the party because she finds it to be "out of touch."

On the eve of the annual Conservative conference, which was taking place in Manchester, Richard Walker launched his attack.

Mr. Walker claimed that the party was losing touch with industry and consumers to Laura Kuenssberg of the BBC.

The Conservatives opted against making an on-the-record response.

However, party insiders informed the BBC that Mr. Walker has publicly criticized the government on numerous occasions.

They also mentioned that Labour had contacted him, and that he and his father had been pressing extremely top party leaders during the summer to attempt to gain Mr. Walker a seat.

Sir Malcolm Walker, the father of Richard Walker, established the Iceland retail network.

Mr. Walker was listed on the Conservatives' authorized list of parliamentary candidates and has previously stated that he would like to be prime minister.

Laura Kuenssberg quoted Mr. Walker as saying, "It's become clear to me over lately that the Conservative Party are drifting out of touch with their understanding of business, the planet, and the everyday people my business meets and serves."

Walker criticized a "sluggish economy" and "high levels of regional inequality" when he announced his decision to leave the party and remove his name from the list of potential MPs earlier on Saturday.

Today's reality is that, despite the fact that our government claims to be conservative, I can't think of a single thing that they actually are.

"Definitely not the business sector or our economy, the health of our high streets or the safeguarding of my retail colleagues, our farming as well as rural communities, our rivers and seas, our net equal obligations, our NHS, our schools, our reputation for decent behavior and fairness, or the future well-being of our kids and grandkids," the author writes.

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He stated that prominent Conservative people had informed him that his outspoken opinions on social and environmental issues weren't welcome, but he had come to the decision that "I won't wear a gag to bag a seat.

"I am not willing to alter my values and principles to suit a party that has also lost its way," the speaker said.

Mr. Walker had previously been outspoken in his opposition of a number of Tory initiatives, including the proposal to eliminate the highest rate of income tax put out by the then-Prime Minister Liz Truss.

Additionally, he has previously discussed how rising prices have affected his clients, claiming that some have been compelled to use food banks.

He was compelled to apologize earlier this week after asserting that three employees caught HIV as a result of needle attacks.

He claimed that the remarks were "in error" and were part of a draft piece for Mail Online about threats of violence made by shoplifters against store employees.