4 h. ago ANDREW PIERCE: Zahawi said he'd be a Tory until he died. So why has he ended up with Farage? The answer tells you everything about the Tories' decline

The defection of Nadhim Zahawi from the Conservative Party to Reform UK is one of the most significant since Nigel Farage took over Reform.

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15 h. ago ANDREW PIERCE: As a gay man, it makes my skin crawl to hear Mandelson claim his own sexuality meant he didn't know about Epstein's perversion

What possessed Lord Mandelson, the so-called high priest of the black arts of political spin, to give that toe-curling, ill-judged and tone-deaf interview to the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday?

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20 h. ago Nadhim Zahawi ‘begged for Tory peerage' before defection to Reform, Tories claim

Stinging reponse from Conservatives after former chancellor announced his defection to Reform UK on Monday

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22 h. ago Nadhim Zahawi failed in bid for peerage from Tories before Reform defection, sources say

Ex-chancellor asked Badenoch’s team for seat in Lords but was apparently rebuffed over sacking for tax affairsUK politics live – latest updatesNadhim Zahawi was rejected for a peerage by the Conservatives just weeks before he defected to Reform UK, Tory sources have told the Guardian.The former chancellor asked Kemi Badenoch’s top team for a seat in the House of Lords but was rebuffed because he had been sacked as Tory chair in 2023 over his tax affairs. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Nadhim Zahawi says Britain 'is sick' and under threat from 'radical Islamists' as he abandons Tories to join Nigel Farage in Reform

The Iraq-born politician and businessman was all smiles as he posed alongside Nigel Farage, despite having once said he would be 'frightened' to live in a country run by him.

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24 h. ago Controversial former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform ‘after having Tory peerage turned down’

Former MP and minister sacked as Tory Party chairman in 2023 after he breached ministerial code over his tax affairs

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26 h. ago Who is Nadhim Zahawi? The child refugee who rose to become Tory chancellor and has now defected to Reform

At a press conference in London, the ex-Tory Party chairman said Britain ‘really does need Nigel Farage as prime minister’

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27 h. ago Former Tory chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform in Nigel Farage’s biggest coup yet

The former Tory chancellor has become the latest former Boris Johnson ally to join Farage’s party

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27 h. ago Who is Nadhim Zahawi? Millionaire former Tory chancellor who has joined Reform

Born to a Kurdish family in Iraq, Nadhim Zahawi rose to prominence first as Boris Johnson’s vaccines minister

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27 h. ago Former Tory chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform in Nigel Farage’s biggest scalp yet

The former Tory chancellor has become the latest former Boris Johnson ally to join Farage’s party

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27 h. ago Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform UK: Former Chancellor becomes highest ranking Tory to make switch to Nigel Farage's party

Former Conservative Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi today defected to Reform, becoming the most high-profile former Tory to join Nigel Farage's Party.

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40 h. ago ANDREW PIERCE: A safe seat for Burnham to put the Bootle in?

Has Andy Burnham finally found a safe way back to the Commons so he can challenge Keir Starmer?

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3 d. ago Politics latest: Former Tory chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform UK

Politics latest: Former Tory chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform UK  Sky News

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5 d. ago 'Vicious class war': ANDREW PIERCE reveals why Labour's VAT on private school fees will have a detrimental impact on the state sector

Yet another Labour Party lie exposed. The government, in one of its first acts, imposed VAT on private school fees. It was the first time it ever happened in this country.

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8 d. ago ANDREW PIERCE: Oh dear, Sir Keir... you're top of the flops again

Our beleaguered PM faces yet more humiliation next month after a song mocking him was longlisted for a Brit Award

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8 d. ago ANDREW PIERCE: Oh dear, Sir Keir... you're top of the flops again

Our beleaguered PM faces yet more humiliation next month after a song mocking him was nominated for a Brit Award

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2 w. ago Kyiv strikes are Putin’s ‘answer to peace,’ Zelensky tells Canadian PM ahead of crunch Mar

BRUTAL strikes on Kyiv are Putin's "answer to peace", Zelensky tells Canada's Prime Minister ahead of crunch Mar-a-Lago talks with Trump. Russian forces unleashed hell on the Ukrainian capital, hitting the city with almost 500 drones and 40 missiles in a 10-hour onslaught which has killed two and wounded dozens. President Zelensky said it was...

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3 w. ago 'It's a rollercoaster': ANDREW PIERCE recounts the emotional search for his birth mother

Most people didn't know until I wrote my book, Finding Margaret, that I had spent nearly the first three years of my life in an orphanage in Gloucestershire.

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3 w. ago 'It will open Pandora's box': ANDREW PIERCE reveals why MPs committee will cause 'mayhem' looking into Royal residences

MPs are going to look into the royal residences of our royal family and it's going to open Pandora's box.

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3 w. ago ANDREW PIERCE: Unelected. Obsessive. In thrall to Alastair Campbell. Malevolent trio who are hellbent on reversing Brexit

Yesterday, the Brexit minister Nick Thomas-Symonds announced that we are to re-enter in 2027, which would cost us just... wait for it... £570million for the first year!

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