US EditionBadenoch says Tories who 'want to jump ship' to Farage's Reform 'welcome to do so'
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 10 – Kemi Badenoch criticized Tory defectors as not real Conservatives and said those wanting higher taxes and welfare should join other parties, following several high-profile defections.
- Sir Jake Berry, former Conservative chairman, defected to Nigel Farage's Reform UK party on Wednesday night, joining others who have left the Tories recently.
- His defection followed disputes within the Conservative Party over plans to leave the European Convention on Human Rights and calls for tougher welfare reform.
- Kemi Badenoch has led efforts to unite Conservative MPs behind the ECHR exit while criticizing defectors and pushing for welfare policies that reduce unsustainable spending.
- Home Office data show asylum claim approval rates rose from 25% in 2010 to 67% in 2023, while Badenoch highlighted misuse of benefits like vehicles given for food intolerances.
- These defections and policy clashes reveal significant Conservative divisions that could affect party unity and influence prospects at the next general election.
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Will the Tory party figure out its ECHR position?
Kemi Badenoch, like other Tory leaders before her, is trying to work out how to unite her MPs around the idea of leaving the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR). After launching a commission exploring the policy, led by shadow attorney general Lord David Wolfson, Badenoch was bullish about her approach to its conclusions in an interview with the Daily Telegraph this time last month: “If we make that decision that we have to leave the ECHR…
Tories plunged into fresh chaos - as Conservative MP slams Reform with 'unicycle' jibe - The Mirror
Kemi Badenoch has hit back at defectors like Sir Jake Berry, who dramatically quit to join Nigel Farage's party, accusing them of behaving 'like they do in banana republics'
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Badenoch attacks ‘banana republic’ defectors after another Tory joins Reform
Former Conservative chairman Sir Jake Berry became the latest Tory to join Nigel Farage’s party.
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