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How Robert Jenrick was ejected before he defected

todayJanuary 15, 2026

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How Kemi Badenoch managed to sack Jenrick before he could announce he was ditching Tories for Reform

Four days before Robert Jenrick was kicked out of the Tories for planning to defect to Reform UK, he spoke “at length” with Kemi Badenoch on the phone about party strategy. The week before he had sat through a shadow cabinet awayday taking copious notes.

While the Tory leader had been aware for some time of speculation over her shadow justice secretary’s future, she had no hard proof of his plans, so it was business as usual. That all changed just 24 hours after their one-to-one conversation.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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