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Reform

5 months ago

JASON GROVES: Robert Jenrick was the bridge for a Tory-Reform pact - any hope of uniting the Right is harder now it has been kicked away. His defection leaves Labour with the most to celebrate...

Nigel Farage was all smiles as he welcomed his latest - and biggest - defector to Reform's HQ at London's Millbank Tower and declared the death of the Conservative Party.
Reform UK is showing 'momentum and magnetism', but faces a familiar critique of being dubbed the Conservatives 2.0, the BBC's political editor writes.
Ex-Tory Robert Jenrick's ambition, rebellious streak and ministerial record could cause real problems for the Reform UK leader.

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Robert Jenrick made a dramatic defection to Nigel Far…

On a dramatic day at Westminster, the former Conservative leadership contender became the highest-profile defector to Nigel Farage's insurgent party.
Conservatives in Westminster and Mr Jenrick's constituency - left stunned by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch's decision to sack him - expressed disappointment at his plan to join Reform.
Second helpings of Newscast as Robert Jenrick confirms his defection to Reform.
The ex-minister has joined Nigel Farage's party after his dramatic sacking from the shadow cabinet.
The secret discussions, bombshell leak and sacking which led to Robert Jenrick defecting to the Reform party.

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