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'Tory party is over': Danny Kruger first sitting Conservative MP to defect to Reform
Danny Kruger has become the first sitting Conservative MP to defect to Reform UK.
The East Wiltshire politician has been made head of Reform's new unit preparing the party for government, Reform leader Nigel Farage announced on stage at a news conference. Politics latest: Kruger's letters to constituents Mr Kruger has been a Conservative MP since 2019 and has been on the Tory frontbench since then, lately as a shadow work and pensions minister under Kemi Badenoch's leadership.
He said he informed the Tory chief whip this morning. Announcing his defection, Mr Kruger said: "The Conservative Party is over, over as a national party, over as the principal opposition to the Left.
"But I am not despondent because conservatism is not over. It's never been needed more.
And actually, it's never been more vibrant. "Because the failure of the Conservative Party has created space for an alternative.
The flame is passing from one torch to another." He said his defection is "very painful" but added: "I'm leaving because I think the party is over." The Tory party is not dead The MP told Sky News political correspondent Liz Bates: "I don't think the Conservative Party is dead. It's just over as the official opposition." He added that Mr Farage "may be our last hope" on the political Right and he is "proud to follow him.
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