Sarah Atherton, who served as MP for Wrexham for four years from 2019 to 2024, said: “The Conservatives promised strength but delivered weakness.”Ms Atherton served in the intelligence corps, before later training as a nurse. In Parliament, she served as armed forces minister for 37 days after being appointed by Liz Truss. Writing in the Daily Express on Thursday, Ms Atherton also criticised Labour’s “soundbites, shallow reviews and fudged spending figures”. “The Conservatives promised strength but delivered weakness. She wrote: “From its inception, Reform has been unashamedly patriotic, built on the core value of Britain first.