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Suella Braverman’s journey from Tory right torchbearer to party defector

The former home secretary has courted controversy.

Evening Standard

Braverman tells Reform she has ‘come home’ as she confirms defection

The former home secretary said she had resigned her Conservative Party membership of 30 years.

Evening Standard

Former Tory home secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform

Braverman becomes latest right-winger to desert Kemi Badenoch’s Conservative Party in favour of Reform – as Labour blasts Farage’s party as ‘full of failed Tories’

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Jenrick hits back at Badenoch’s claims he lied, amid war of words with ex-party

Mr Jenrick last week dramatically defected to Reform UK after being sacked by Mrs Badenoch from her front bench.

Evening Standard

Tories lost Jenrick because of ‘personal ambition’, Badenoch tells party

Ex-shadow justice minister Robert Jenrick defected to Reform UK on Thursday, describing Britain as ‘broken’.

Evening Standard

Robert Jenrick says MPs wanting to follow him to Reform UK should ‘make their minds up soon’

Mr Jenrick said of his defection: “I have never felt stronger and more certain about anything I have done in my life”

The Independent UK

MPs following Robert Jenrick to Reform should ‘make minds up soon’

Mr Jenrick joined Nigel Farage at a rally in Nottinghamshire where he said he has never felt ‘more certain’ after defecting to Reform UK.

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Voices: ‘Voting Reform is now like voting Conservative’: Readers slam Tory defectors joining Nigel Farage

YOUR VIEWS: Our community criticised Reform UK as little more than a refuge for ex-Tories, arguing that defectors prioritise personal ambition over public service and that the party offers few new policies beyond a continuation of Conservative failings

The Independent UK

Farage says ‘centre right is uniting’ as he welcomes Andrew Rosindell to Reform

Mr Rosindell has been a Conservative MP since 2001.

Evening Standard

I told Kemi Badenoch to kick Liz Truss out of the Conservative Party, claims Tory turncoat Robert Jenrick

Outsted minister takes aim at Truss’s disastrous 2022 Budget and says she should be ‘chucked’ from party

The Independent UK

Jenrick: Badenoch’s reluctance to kick out Truss shows Tories have not changed

Mr Jenrick wrote in The Times that Britain is ‘broken today as never before in my lifetime’.

Evening Standard

Who has defected to Reform UK from the Conservatives and why?

Andrew Rosindell has become the second Tory MP to defect to Reform in a week.

Evening Standard

Andrew Rosindell becomes second Tory MP to defect to Reform in a week

He said he spoke to Nigel Farage on Sunday evening and agreed to join his party.

The Independent UK

London gets first Reform MP as Andrew Rosindell becomes second Tory to defect in a week

The Romford MP said he spoke to Nigel Farage on Sunday evening and agreed to join his party

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The Guardian - UK

Romford MP Andrew Rosindell becomes latest Tory to defect to Reform

Veteran MP says ‘time to put country before party’ citing Conservative position on Chagos Islands

The Guardian - UK

No amount of defections will change the fact that Reform and the Tories are singing the same tunes

The battle for political domination on the British right is a family feud – the result will be a Conservative restoration, not revolution, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Leaked Jenrick defection plan calls him ‘the new sheriff in town’

Former Tory’s media strategy reportedly calls him ‘biggest defection story Reform has ever had’

The Independent UK

Good for Kemi Badenoch: no, Britain is not broken

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Conservative leader has set out a dividing line between her and her miserabilist opponents on the right

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Evening Standard

Jenrick’s defection strategy calls him ‘new sheriff in town’ – reports

Kemi Badenoch dismissed Mr Jenrick as shadow justice secretary and suspended him from the Conservative Party on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Badenoch claims ‘Britain is not broken’ in rebuke to Jenrick after Reform defection

Jenrick was sacked by the Conservative leader this week hours before he defected to Nigel Farage’s party

Evening Standard

Badenoch insists ‘Britain is not broken’ in rebuke of defector Jenrick

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is attempting to offer a more positive message from the political right than her one-time shadow justice secretary.

The Independent UK

Eleven Tory MPs on defection watch list over fears more could join Farage’s Reform

Senior Tories are concerned that Robert Jenrick’s departure could trigger others to follow

Evening Standard

Robert Jenrick: My defection to Reform ‘united the right’

In an interview with the BBC, Mr Jenrick denied that personal ambition had played a role in his defection.

Evening Standard

Farage has done my spring cleaning, says Badenoch after Jenrick defection

The Conservative leader said Reform are ‘taking people who are repeatedly sacked from government’.

Evening Standard

Robert Jenrick’s successor says public ‘sick of backstabbing’ after defection

Nick Timothy also said the Conservative Party is ‘more united under Kemi’s leadership than I’ve known it for many years’.

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