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Badenoch Insists ‘Britain Is Not Broken’ in Rebuke of Defector Jenrick
Kemi Badenoch dismissed Robert Jenrick’s defection as deceitful and ruled out electoral cooperation with Reform UK, emphasizing a positive Conservative vision.
- On Thursday, Robert Jenrick defected to Reform UK after being dismissed and suspended from the Conservative Party amid accusations he plotted to join Reform, telling the BBC he resolved to go during the Christmas break and denied personal ambition drove his move.
- At a shadow cabinet away day last week, Robert Jenrick's claim that Britain was broken was the 'final straw' amid tensions, sparked by a leak from a member of his staff to the Tory leader's office.
- During a visit to Aberdeen on Friday, Kemi Badenoch, Conservative leader, publicly called Robert Jenrick a liar and ruled out any pact with Reform ahead of the next election.
- Nick Timothy, who took over Jenrick's role as shadow justice secretary, said Conservative MPs reacted with resolve; commentators forecast power struggles in Reform UK.
- The optics of the split underline a wider right‑wing divide ahead of the next election, as images and coverage show Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick beside Daily Express headlines highlighting their public split.
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Badenoch insists ‘Britain is not broken’ in rebuke of defector Jenrick
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is attempting to offer a more positive message from the political right than her one-time shadow justice secretary.
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Newspaper headlines: 'Spy Jenrick' and 'Badenoch: Britain is not broken'
The i Paper’s headline dubs sacked former Conservative shadow minister Robert Jenrick “spy Jenrick” with a story suggesting he will take”Tory secrets to Farage”. But his defection to Reform UK and the i’s prediction of a “plum job” will kick-start a “new power struggle” in Reform, it writes. In an editorial for the Telegraph, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch writes “Britain is not broken”. The “rebuke” following Jenrick’s defection sets out “t…
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