In June 2014, the Conservative party won an unexpectedly comfortable victory in the Newark byelection. It was a triumph for David Cameron over Nigel Farage, who had spied an opportunity to install the first Ukip MP. The winner, and the face of Cameron’s success, was 32-year-old Robert Jenrick.
Ten years later, in May 2024, as he prepared to position himself for the Conservative leadership after Rishi Sunak’s impending election defeat, Jenrick said that were it up to him, he would gladly welcome Farage into the fold.
