Posted on 01/15/2026 10:02:05 AM PST by RandFan
Summary
Robert Jenrick, the ex-shadow justice secretary, has joined Reform UK after being sacked by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch for "plotting to defect"
Speaking after being introduced by Nigel Farage, Jenrick says he first reached out to Farage in September, but "didn't know" then he was going to defect
Farage says Jenrick was not certain to defect until he was sacked by Badenoch, saying there was only a "60/40" chance
Jenrick says he won't call a by-election in his Newark constituency - while Farage says he will not accept defectors after the elections in May
Badenoch says she had "clear, irrefutable evidence" that Jenrick was "plotting in secret to defect in a way designed to be as damaging as possible"
A shadow cabinet minister tells the BBC's political editor that Jenrick "left his resignation speech printed out and hanging around"
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He was nearly the Tory leader last year. A high profile defection to say the least.
They still call the Tories ‘conservatives’. That ship sailed when Thatcher died.
I just call them the New Whigs. The party is dead, they just have not realized it yet.
Is there someone other than a Nigerian female anchor baby (Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke “Kemi” Badenoch) the Tories can find as a leader? Pathetic.
He was about to defect from the conservatives in a way that would do the most damage to them. He got caught and booted.
The UKSSR is getting those deck chairs rearranged.
Some call them the “Lavatories” nowadays.
appropriate!
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