Robert Jenrick has been sacked

They say that the Tory party is a sinking ship, but I don’t believe that centrist Tory voters will all vote Reform instead. The reason why some disaffected Tories voted Labour was to send a message to the Tory party that they had moved too far to the right and they wanted them to reevaluate their values. To suggest these voters will now vote Reform makes no sense.
We need moderate centrist policies in the Tory party, not a party trying to be like Reform and looking increasingly pathetic.
We need good old fashioned centrist Tories like Heseltine and Major, even keel Tories who peddled common sense rather than populist policies.

Good post Fallingstar.

He was Kemi's main rival and now he has gone. I didnt think much of her when she was elected (lifelong Tory that I am but always to the right) but she has come up in my estimation lately.

LemonJam

Sacking him won’t stop Jenrick defecting- just steals some thunder for Badenoch in the news headlines. Reform is becoming increasingly bloated with Conservative sloppy seconds.

Jenrick resigned his immigration minister role as he thought Sunak’s immigration policies didn’t go far enough. He also resigned from his Housing minister post following allegations of inappropriately approving a housing development owned by a Tory donor- who would have secured a £45 million payment if the development was approved. So Jenrick is good fit with Farage’s values and Reform ideology. But he’s ruthlessly ambitious and duplicitous; he’s built a solid social media profile, sees himself as a party leader- but lost to Badenoch.

Sparks may well fly between Jenrick, Farage and Yousef.

Sacking him won’t stop Jenrick defecting
No, he'll go anyway and he could be quite dangerous.

Sparks may well fly between Jenrick, Farage and Yousef
Let's hope so, too many inflated egos wanting to be Top Dog.

GrannyGravy13

Well done Kemi 👏👏👏

She has denied him his moment of defection glory.

Taken the wind out of his inflated sails and made him look underhand and a traitor.

Fallingstar

They say that the Tory party is a sinking ship, but I don’t believe that centrist Tory voters will all vote Reform instead. The reason why some disaffected Tories voted Labour was to send a message to the Tory party that they had moved too far to the right and they wanted them to reevaluate their values. To suggest these voters will now vote Reform makes no sense.
We need moderate centrist policies in the Tory party, not a party trying to be like Reform and looking increasingly pathetic.
We need good old fashioned centrist Tories like Heseltine and Major, even keel Tories who peddled common sense rather than populist policies.

I absolutely agree with you on this 👏👏👏

Another 👏👏👏 for Fallingstar.
I’m not a Conservative voter but we need a good opposition, we need those one nation Tories like Heseltine, Clarke and Major.
Our country leans to the Center, sometimes center left, sometimes center right. It has a long history of rejecting extremes and the last thing we need is Farrage and his band of mavericks in charge

I'll third that.

The people Johnson sacked, although many of them might prefer retirement, would be a good opposition.

It is a long time till the next GE, so all the talk of Reform being the next government is premature. I agree that it would be a disaster for all but the young, healthy and rich.

And he has now joined Reform UK

Jenrick and Zahawi - the dynamic duo whose vanity has led them to jump ship. I'm no Tory supporter but they are surely better off without these two.

I believe Reform is changing its name to ‘New Tory’.
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The current press conference is cringey. Apparently, Jenrick was the only member of the Tory government who tried to govern the country well - he was "let down" by Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak! What a load of twaddle.

Sadgrandma

I believe Reform is changing its name to ‘New Tory’.
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The Square Peg Party would suit them better. All the mavericks, chancers and misfits together. It will be like trying to herd cats.

Proof that most politicians are in it for the power and their own advancement, they don’t give a damn for the country or the people.

MollyNew

Jenrick and Zahawi - the dynamic duo whose vanity has led them to jump ship. I'm no Tory supporter but they are surely better off without these two.

Yep whichever party inherits these two booby prizes should worry.

Fallingstar

Never liked Jenrick. Kemi is right to get rid, I just wonder why he took so long to go over to Reform. He has Reform written all over him.
I am not a Tory but miss the days when a centre right Tory party was in power or opposition. Never thought I would miss the days of John Major.

Same here. I miss MP’s like Dominic Grieve, Ken Clark and Tobias Elwood. And I’m a lifelong Labour voter . Cameron called for a referendum because he was frightened of UKIP but it’s just resulted in his party morphing into them. As for Badenoch she’s just happily got rid of someone who would be challenging forher leadership.

I wonder how many damaged goods Farage is prepared to accept. If he were to become PM it's beginning to look as though most of his Cabinet would be Tory has-beens. Not a good look for all those early true believers who will be dumped on the backbenches.

How can people be taken in by a bunch of sanctimonious ex-Tories who claim to be "putting my own ambition aside" in order to "save" Britain? Are they doing us a favour? Of course they're not.

Happy to see weasels join the Reform party, it's their natural home. Honestly, just look at who have defected. There's not a decent, honest person amongst them, they are all tainted in one way or another.

It’s interesting that in the latest YouGov poll Reform have the lowest rating for the last nine months, and that in Wales a different poll for the May Senedd elections sees Plaid romping ahead of Reform in the polls. These polls were both taken before the latest defections, so it will be interesting to see if the position changes over the next month.

All these old has beens trying to revive their careers like Nadine Dorries, Jenrick, Zahawi are tainted with the failed Tory brush all they need now is Liz Truss .

Well, I don't think Jenrick was a ^has-been trying to revive his career by joining Reform. He was a member of the Opposition and in the Shadow Cabinet, yes, but surely more influential than joining Reform?

If anyone more jump aboard, perhaps it might sink.

Will he now stand for re-election?

Fallingstar

GrannyGravy13

Well done Kemi 👏👏👏

She has denied him his moment of defection glory.

And made him look like a sneaky rat.
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And a sneaky rat is what he is. Horrible little man, good riddance, Farage is welcome to him. What a bunch.

Casdon

Sadgrandma

I believe Reform is changing its name to ‘New Tory’.
😬

The Square Peg Party would suit them better. All the mavericks, chancers and misfits together. It will be like trying to herd cats.

Don't talk about Labour like that. Actually you are right, Labour are like that.

I would never trust a politician who defected.

Many Conservative voters talked about 'giving another party a try' before the last election because they were sick of all the in-fighting and duplicitous manoeuvring behind the scenes.

Jenrick has taken it with him and will infect Reform.