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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Robert Jenrick: from remainer to rightwinger with ruthless reputation

Robert Jenrick, with an out-of-focus union flag in the foreground
Robert Jenrick’s ambition is well-known across Westminster. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

For a long time, Robert Jenrick’s transformation from a David Cameron-supporting remainer to an anti-immigration rightwinger did not convince many of his political peers – least of all Nigel Farage.

Only last year, the Reform UK leader was describing him as a “fraud” and saying he was sceptical that Jenrick was genuine, dubbing him “Robert the Generic, Robert the Remainer and Robert the I Don’t Stand Particularly for Anything at all”.

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