"Jenrick argued his decision had put "personal ambition to one side", adding that he had been the "bookies favourite" to be the next leader of the Tory Party. "I chose to say no to all of that to join and be one of a team of people working under a very strong leader in Nigel Farage," he said. He denied he had been offered a job by Farage, claiming "I'm just here to help him succeed"."
""If you want to get rid of this Labour government and have a strong reforming government to fix the country, there's frankly only one way to do that," he said. "That is to vote for Nigel [Farage], to rally behind him and Reform." He added that the country needed a "new and exciting" leader "who hasn't been part of that failed consensus"."
"The former minister joined Nigel Farage's party on Thursday, hours after he was sacked from the Conservative shadow cabinet for plotting to defect. In his first interview since his defection, Jenrick claimed Reform was the country's "last shot" to fix the "broken" country - and launched a fresh attack on his former shadow cabinet colleagues, describing them as "asrsonists". Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has claimed her party is stronger and more united since Jenrick left, saying he was not "a team player"."
Robert Jenrick defected to Reform UK hours after being sacked from the Conservative shadow cabinet for plotting to defect. He described Reform as the country's "last shot" to fix a "broken" country and urged voters to rally behind Nigel Farage, saying 'this is uniting the right.' He attacked his former shadow cabinet colleagues as 'arsonists' and said he put personal ambition aside despite being the 'bookies favourite' to lead the Tory Party. Jenrick denied receiving a job offer from Farage and said he was 'just here to help him succeed.' Conservatives expect possible defections but not a large immediate wave.
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