NIGEL Farage has revealed that Reform UK has been speaking to “a few” sitting Conservative MPs about defecting.
The party’s leader said an unspecified number were “sort of watching and waiting”.
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GettySir Jake Berry was the second ex-Cabinet Minister this week to join Reform[/caption]
It comes after we revealed that ex-Conservative Party chairman Sir Jake Berry was joining Reform.
But Mr Farage insisted he would not allow it to become the “Tory Party 2.0”.
He said: “We have to be selective. We’re our own unique brand and we’re also getting a lot of Labour activists and one or two Labour councillors.
“So there’s a balance here that needs to be struck.”
Sir Jake was the second ex-Cabinet Minister this week to join Reform after the former Welsh Secretary David Jones.
Blasting defectors, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said: “A lot of people come into politics just to play the game of politics.
“They will follow polls and defect wherever they can, like they do in banana republics, to wherever they think they can win.”
In a message to would-be turncoats, she said: “All those who are not interested in coming up with a proper policy plan and just want to jump ship are welcome to do so.”
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