16 h. ago Fears grow that other senior Tory MPs will join Reform as defector Danny Kruger declares the Conservatives are over

Fears of a Conservative exodus are growing within the party after one of its key thinkers quit to join Reform UK.

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29 h. ago Nigel Farage wins first sitting Tory MP defector as Danny Kruger joins Reform

Nigel Farage has seen the first sitting Tory MP defect to Reform UK in Prue Leith’s son Danny Kruger

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7 d. ago From Washington to Westminster, the populist right needs to erase history to succeed. It’s up to us to resist | Kojo Koram

Removing ‘divisive’ Smithsonian exhibits, Farage’s ‘patriotic’ curriculum: this is where the unpicking of the 20th-century liberal order beginsSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreIn 1955, the American columnist William F Buckley Jr declared that a conservative is someone “who stands athwart history, yelling ‘Stop’.” But today’s conservatives are not only trying to resist the advance of history, they are attempting to pull the train of history backwards and reopen the case on what constitutes a democratic society.Last month, the Smithsonian’s secretary received a letter from the Trump administration announcing that all exhibits deemed “divisive” or “ideological” should be replaced with those labelled “historical” and “constructive”. Within days, a list of offending displays was published and, unsurprisingly, they overwhelmingly targeted artefacts that hig...

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1 week ago Former Conservative minister Nadine Dorries defects to Reform as she declares: 'The Tory Party is dead'

Nadine Dorries has become the latest high-profile Conservative to defect to Reform UK, declaring: “The Tory Party is dead.”

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1 week ago Nadine Dorries defects to Reform as she declares 'The Tory Party is dead'

Nadine Dorries is the latest high profile Conservative to defect to Nigel Farage’s Reform, declaring: “The Tory Party is dead”.

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2 w. ago Starmer criticises Reform and Tory ‘scaremongering’ as MPs return to Westminster

Sir Keir has promised a ‘national renewal’ after a summer of anti-migrant protests and troubling Labour poll ratings

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