Nigel Farage gains a Tory rat, but Kemi Badenoch grows in stature
Robert Jenrick defected to Reform after being busted by his former leader and Conservative rival
Kemi Badenoch spectacularly sacked her leadership rival, Robert Jenrick, for plotting to defect to Reform in a move that added to the quiet gains she had been making in her performance, but also gave Nigel Farage another sitting MP.
Jenrick lost to Badenoch in the Conservatives’ post-election-loss leadership contest in 2024.
He has been agitating ever sin…
