""A party that is ruthlessly focused on being effective, holding the government to account and creating a plan for the country cannot also spend its time on psychodrama and intrigue," she wrote. The Conservative leader also suggested MPs "satisfy themselves" about their own staff's behaviour, because "a small number of individuals were actively briefing against the party while presenting themselves as Conservative sources"."
"Former shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick became the most senior Tory to move to Reform UK, after Badenoch discovered he was planning to defect last week, and sacked him. Andrew Rosindell, who was the shadow minister for foreign affairs for the Conservatives, made the leap to Nigel Farage's party this weekend. Now Badenoch has called some of her MPs on the right of the party to a meeting on Monday night, to underline the message."
Kemi Badenoch warned Conservative MPs against plotting and 'psychodrama' after two defections to Reform UK, and sacked Robert Jenrick after discovering his planned defection. Andrew Rosindell also joined Nigel Farage's party. Badenoch summoned right-of-party MPs to a Monday meeting to reinforce unity and effectiveness. Farage will join Jenrick at a rally in Newark and urged prospective defectors to switch before May or face rejection. Badenoch called defections a 'minor setback, not a defining moment', accused some staff of briefing against the party, and vowed that those seeking to undermine or destroy the party would be dealt with firmly and fairly.
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