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After months of denials, Robert Jenrick finally defected to Reform UK last week.
Nigel Farage called it the “latest Christmas present I’ve ever had”, while Conservative MPs called him a “coward” and a “traitor”.
In Jenrick’s Newark constituency, his former Tory colleagues were aghast. Sam Smith, a local councillor, said the defection was “a betrayal to the voters of Newark”, who voted for conservative policies and values as well as “a betrayal to his friends who have helped him get re-elected.” But what do Jenrick’s constituents make of Jenrick’s defection?
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