Robert Jenrick insists that he is happy where he is. I am told that he “genuinely” did not want to be shadow chancellor, and that he is “concentrating on the job at hand” as shadow justice secretary.
“That’s what Kemi [Badenoch] has asked him to do for her, and that’s what he has to focus on,” says an ally. Jenrick focuses on it effectively, finding the holy grail of “cut-through” for his recent video in which he accosted fare-dodgers and asked them if they would go back and pay.
