Robert Jenrick defects to Reform UK after Conservative party suspension

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Source: theguardian.com
Robert Jenrick defects to Reform UK after Conservative party suspension

Announcement comes after Kemi Badenoch sacked shadow justice secretary over evidence of defection plot

Robert Jenrick made a dramatic defection to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK on Thursday, declaring the Conservatives “rotten” and a “failed” party, after being sacked by Kemi Badenoch for plotting against her.

In a high-stakes day for the future of the British right, Jenrick became the most senior Tory to switch allegiance to Reform, launching into a fiery and personal denunciation of his former colleagues in the shadow cabinet.

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