‘Jenrick will always be known as a Tory traitor, I know because it happened to me,’ says Michael Gove Reform plots turning it into the ‘Slytherin house’ of politics, says ex-Tory minister The Independent UK · Jan 16
Robert Jenrick sacked by Tories and embraced by Reform – what his Newark constituency tells us about the future Within just a few hours of being publicly sacked from the shadow cabinet by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick held a press conference to announce he was joining Reform. Badenoch cited “clear, irrefutable evidence” the Jenrick had been plotting to defect to Reform in a maximally damaging way. The Conversation · Jan 16
‘Enough already’: Jenrick’s defection gets mixed reception from Reform members Some supporters are concerned about the number of Conservatives being welcomed by their party, and fear it could alienate voters The Guardian - UK · Jan 16
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’. Evening Standard · Jan 16
Jenrick says he hopes his defection to Reform UK will ‘unite the right’ after Badenoch says he ‘tells a lot of lies’ – as it happened Reform UK’s newest MP said he made the decision to leave the Tories over Christmas The Guardian - UK · Jan 16
Farage ‘couldn’t run a five-a-side team’, Jenrick says in leaked audio Robert Jenrick can be heard criticising his new boss and dismissing Reform UK as ‘not a serious party’ in leaked audio The Independent UK · Jan 16
'Traitors' politics: Minister's warning as Farage teases Labour defection to Reform after Jenrick joins from Tories Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said Reform UK was a ‘Right-wing project’ despite Nigel Farage’s party attracting a significant number of Labour voters Evening Standard · Jan 16
Friday briefing: How the Robert Jenrick saga exposes a hollowed out Tory party In today’s newsletter: A sudden dismissal appears to have forced the hand of the most senior Tory to join the ranks of Reform so far The Guardian - UK · Jan 16
Sadiq Khan warns AI could become ‘weapon of mass destruction of jobs’ The Labour politician highlighted the significant threat the burgeoning technology poses to the capital's workforce. The Independent UK · Jan 16
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’. Evening Standard · Jan 16
Badenoch and Starmer are the winners from Robert Jenrick’s dismal Tory betrayal THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The extraordinary events of the shadow justice secretary’s firing and rehiring are a boost to the Tory and Labour leaders – but will only divide the right The Independent UK · Jan 15
Who has defected to Reform UK from the Conservatives and why? Robert Jenrick has become the latest Tory MP to defect to Reform UK. Evening Standard · Jan 15
Robert Jenrick’s political reinvention leads him to Reform Mr Jenrick’s supporters say his spell at the Home Office ‘radicalised’ him in favour of a heavy reduction in immigration. Evening Standard · Jan 15
‘Not so clever after all’: how Robert Jenrick was ejected before he defected Kemi Badenoch praised for sacking Jenrick before he could announce he was ditching Tories for Reform The Guardian - UK · Jan 15
The Guardian - UK · Jan 15 The Guardian view on Robert Jenrick’s defection: Britain’s right is in a crisis of its own making Editorial: A former Tory cabinet minister leaps to Reform and turns the issue of Kemi Badenoch’s authority into a test of Tory survival
The Guardian - UK · Jan 15 Treachery and stupidity to the fore as Robert Jenrick defects to Reform Even Nigel Farage looked taken aback by the news Honest Bob was about to join his flock, but he quickly saw the upside
The Guardian - UK · Jan 15 Tory defectors: who has already joined Reform UK and who may follow? Robert Jenrick is the latest former Conservative to join Nigel Farage’s ranks – but he may not be the last
The Guardian - UK · Jan 15 Robert Jenrick: from remainer to rightwinger with ruthless reputation Defection of former Tory minister to Reform is another twist in ambitious politician’s career
Evening Standard · Jan 15 Tribunal nurse Sandie Peggie ‘has been through hell’, Kemi Badenoch says The Tory leader met nurse Sandie Peggie in Edinburgh on Thursday – and afterwards called on the UK Government to issue updated gender guidance.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 15 An expulsion, a smirking leader and now a defection: it’s episode one, series one of the Farage/Jenrick show Farage was all smiles as the Tory rightwinger he once called a ‘fraud’ defected to Reform. Will it be big enough for the both of them? Keep watching, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
The Independent UK · Jan 15 Robert Jenrick defects to Reform after shock sacking and declares Farage is leader Britain needs Nigel Farage thanks Tory leader for delivering Jenrick to Reform ‘on a plate’ after firing him – and boasts of a Labour defector to come
The Independent UK · Jan 15 What to know about UK legal changes aiming to regulate AI-generated nude images U.K. officials say they are enforcing new laws to make creating online sexual images without consent illegal
Evening Standard · Jan 15 Awkward moment Nigel Farage left waiting on stage after unveiling Robert Jenrick defection to Reform Farage was unveiling Jenrick as Reform UK’s newest recruit and invited him to join him on stage when Jenrick initially failed to appear
The Independent UK · Jan 15 Awkward moment Nigel Farage left waiting as Robert Jenrick fails to appear at his own Reform unveiling This is the awkward moment Nigel Farage was left waiting as Robert Jenrick failed to appear at his own Reform UK unveiling.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 15 ‘The mask has slipped’: What have Jenrick and Farage said about each other in the past? As has been the case with past Tory defections to Reform, there is a trove of social media snipes to embarrass the new stablemates