1 hour ago Keir Starmer’s woes are nothing compared with the Tories as Reform grow

Record View says the Conservative decline is welcome but Nigel Farage and Reform are not the answer.

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3 h. ago JAN MOIR: Starmer's Ikea insult shows what a Tarnestad knob he is (£5 for two)

Keir Starmer put in another abysmal performance at PMQs this week. Like a sulky child throwing their toys out the pram, he floundered, he flustered and then got angry.

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4 h. ago The luxury life of Dutch activist 'barred from the UK' after criticising Keir Starmer: Anti

Eva Vlaardingerbroek, who was denied an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) for Britain yesterday, is married to Francesco Gargallo di Castel Lentini - a Rome-based lawyer.

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6 h. ago RECAP: Robert Jenrick blasts Labour AND Tories over mass migration as he is unveiled as latest Reform MP

RECAP: Robert Jenrick has blasted both Labour and the Tories over mass migration as he is unveiled as Reform's newest MP. Catch all the latest updates here.

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6 h. ago Kemi Badenoch bids to steady Tories after Robert Jenrick’s defection to Reform

The Newark MP said most of his former Tory colleagues ‘don’t have the stomach for the radical change this country needs’.

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7 h. ago Our economy's moribund, borders are broken, armed forces depleted and the PM's an ocean

On a dramatic day at Westminster, the former Conservative leadership contender became the highest-profile defector to Nigel Farage's insurgent party.

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10 h. ago Robert Jenrick attacks Tories as he joins Reform after sacking over 'secret' defection plot

Nigel Farage unveils former Tory leadership hopeful as new member of Reform in highest profile defection yet to his party

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10 h. ago Robert Jenrick latest: New Reform MP launches scathing attack on Tories as he joins Farage’s party after sacking

Former Conservative leadership rival to Kemi Badenoch says his old party and Labour ‘broke Britain’

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10 h. ago Cancellation of MP’s visit to Bristol school ‘unacceptable’, says Phillipson

Damien Egan was reportedly prevented from visiting Bristol Brunel Academy after intervention from pro-Palestinian activists.

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11 h. ago Kemi Badenoch unfazed by Scottish Tories' dire Holyrood polling and dismisses Reform mass exodus

The UK Tory leader said she does not expect a flurry of further defections from her party to Reform

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12 h. ago Opponents label Jenrick a ‘chancer’ and a ‘charlatan’ as he defects to Reform – politics live

Former shadow justice secretary turns fire on Tories and Labour as he joins Nigel Farage’s partyFull report: Badenoch sacks JenrickNigel Farage, speaking at his press conference in Scotland, has said that “of course” he has had conversations with Robert Jenrick, who was sacked by Kemi Badenoch this morning for planning to defect.UPDATE: Farage said:I have had conversations with a number of very senior conservatives over the course of the last week, the last month. A lot of them realise that for all the talk on 8 May the Conservative Party will cease to be a national party. They will be obliterated in Scotland, Wales, the red wall councils.As far as Mr Jenrick is concerned, of course I have talked to Robert Jenrick. Was I on the verge of signing him up? No. But we have had conversations.This morning I removed the Conservative whip from Robert Jenrick after dismissing him from the shadow cabinet.I was very sorry to be presented with clear, irrefutable evidence, not just that he was pr...

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12 h. ago Full list of Tories who have defected to Farage’s Reform after Jenrick officially joins

Robert Jenrick has been sacked by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch due to ‘irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect’ from the party

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12 h. ago Robert Jenrick accuses Tories of lacking 'stomach for change' as Farage unveils new Reform MP... hours after Badenoch brutally sacked him saying he is 'Nigel's problem now'

Nigel Farage boasted that Robert Jenrick had been 'handed to me on a plate' as he held a press conference in Westminster this evening.

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12 h. ago Robert Jenrick latest: New Reform MP burns bridges with Tories after sacking prompts defection to Farage’s party

Reform leader Nigel Farage says Kemi Badenoch handed him ‘on a plate’ man who had done more than anything to realign centre-right politics

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12 h. ago 'The Tories and Labour have forfeited the right to govern': How Robert Jenrick planned to urge other Conservatives to follow him to Reform before he was rumbled

As the former immigration minister was unveiled by Nigel Farage in a haphazard press conference, the Conservative Party released extracts of hi speech.

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12 h. ago Robert Jenrick attacks Tories as ‘failed’ party as he defects to Reform

It comes after the Newark MP was sacked from the Tory frontbench by Kemi Badenoch.

Events

12 h. ago Robert Jenrick blasts Labour AND Tories over mass migration as he is unveiled as latest Reform MP: Live reaction and updates

LIVE UPDATES: Robert Jenrick has blasted both Labour and the Tories over mass migration as he is unveiled as Reform's newest MP. Catch all the latest updates here.

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13 h. ago 'The Tories and Labour have forfeited the right to govern': How Robert Jenrick planned to announce Reform defection

As the former immigration minister was unveiled by Nigel Farage in a haphazard press conference, the Conservative Party released extracts of hi speech.

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13 h. ago Jenrick joins Reform UK and claims Labour and Tories ‘broke Britain’ as Farage rules out any more defections after May – politics live

Nigel Farage introduces former shadow justice secretary at press conference following upheaval in Tory partyFull report: Badenoch sacks JenrickNigel Farage, speaking at his press conference in Scotland, has said that “of course” he has had conversations with Robert Jenrick, who was sacked by Kemi Badenoch this morning for planning to defect.UPDATE: Farage said:I have had conversations with a number of very senior conservatives over the course of the last week, the last month. A lot of them realise that for all the talk on 8 May the Conservative Party will cease to be a national party. They will be obliterated in Scotland, Wales, the red wall councils.As far as Mr Jenrick is concerned, of course I have talked to Robert Jenrick. Was I on the verge of signing him up? No. But we have had conversations.This morning I removed the Conservative whip from Robert Jenrick after dismissing him from the shadow cabinet.I was very sorry to be presented with clear, irrefutable evidence, not just th...

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13 h. ago Tories reveal the ‘proof’ Robert Jenrick was plotting defection to Reform

The former Tory shadow cabinet member has been announced as a Reform UK member at a press conference

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