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Defection of Tory MP Andrew Rosindell to Reform leaves Kemi Badenoch in an uncomfortable position | Politics News

Defection of Tory MP Andrew Rosindell to Reform leaves Kemi Badenoch in an uncomfortable position | Politics News

Published by Sam Flores

Andrew Rosindell has become the second Conservative MP to defect to Reform UK within a week. The MP for Romford, Essex, announced on Sunday evening he had decided to resign from his position as a shadow foreign office minister in Kemi Badenoch’s frontbench and as a member of the Conservative Party. The move came after former senior Tory Robert Jenrick defected on Thursday. It takes the total number of MPs in Reform UK to seven. Both Nigel Farage and Mr Jenrick welcomed Mr Rosindell to the party, calling him a “patriot”. Image: Andrew Rosindell with Nigel Farage in 2016. Pic: PA Mr Rosindell, who has been an MP since 2001, said it was time to put “country before party” in a statement announcing his defection. “Since joining the Conservative Party at the age of 14, I have been a loyal and committed supporter of the principles advocated by Margaret Thatcher that have always underpinned my own political beliefs,” he wrote. “However, the time has come to put country before party. “The failure of the Conservative …

Politics Home Article | Tory Shadow Minister Andrew Rosindell Defects To Reform UK

Politics Home Article | Tory Shadow Minister Andrew Rosindell Defects To Reform UK

Published by Sam Flores

(Alamy) 2 min read2 hr Sitting MP Andrew Rosindell has left the Conservative Party and defected to Reform UK. Rosindell, who was serving as a foreign office shadow minister, announced his defection on Sunday evening. The Romford MP has been a member of the Conservatives since he was 14-years-old and is the second Member of Parliament to join Reform UK this week, following Robert Jenrick’s move to Farage’s party on Thursday.  In a statement on X, Rosindell said he believed the Conservative Party was “irreparably bound” to make the same mistakes of previous governments and unwilling to take “meaningful accountability.” He added: “Our country has endured a generation of managed decline. Radical action is now required to reverse the damaging decisions of the past and to forge a new course for Britain – one that firmly places the interests of the British people first.” It has been suspected by a number of Tory MPs that the whips were on high alert for Rosindell to eventually defect to Reform UK.   Last week Nigel Farage said no …