Robert Jenrick 'told Kemi Badenoch to kick Liz Truss out' of the Conservatives
The Reform defector claims the Conservatives are "never going to change", but admits he made mistakes as a Tory minister.
Robert Jenrick claims he told Kemi Badenoch to kick former prime minister Liz Truss out of the Conservative Party because of her "cackhanded" mini budget.
There may be some Tories who hope Nigel Farage has accepted one defection too many with Robert Jenrick.
There may be some Reform members who wish Nigel Farage had allowed Jenrick to carry on scheming within the Tory party.
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I've thought for a while that bringing in all these dropouts and wasters is going to get Reform off to a bad start in the polls . . . Have they noticed Tory non-performance recently? They made themselves unelectable - against der Sturmer and Co, FFS!).
Jannie - I agree, Reform has plenty of time to make a mess of its political upstart image if it becomes associated with the same old duplicity.
To me the defection of Nadhim Zahawi was the last straw for Reform as far as I am concerned. His performance at the Press Conference when he attacked a reporter was disgusting.
DAD - I agree, Jenrick wasn't the first red flag.
I forget who it was who said that the priorities of a politician were self, family, constituency, country, in that order. Perhaps Jenrick and the others saw an opportunity to remain in central politics by moving to Reform, and possibly being part of a governing party, while still maintaining their political views? At one time, I thought Reform was the way to go, but now? I'm not so sure. The apparent islamisation; the apparent central WEFism of Farage; and the apparent shameful treatment of Lowe and Habib, have made me wonder if we are helping to support another form of 'Them', whose policies have caused this country to sink, and keep sinking.
Penseivat
Penseivat - I'd revise that to self, useful contacts, family, party in that order, but it varies of course. I'm not convinced that someone like Jenrick has any political views, they are more like politically useful allegiances which he can alter but only within plausible limits.
In his case, his old party allegiance is no longer suited to his ambitions but he can still sell his political allegiances as plausible convictions because Reform is politically close enough to allow that.
I don't have high expectations of Reform, but they may just be worth a punt in the absence of anything better.
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