The Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick as he was planning to “defect” in a manner “designed to be as damaging as possible.”
The Conservative leader alleges she has “irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect” and Jenrick has been “suspended his party membership with immediate effect.”
Badenoch claimed that the Shadow Justice Secretary was planning to leave the Conservatives “in a way designed to be as damaging as possible” to the party.
Badenoch wrote on X, “I have sacked Robert Jenrick from the shadow cabinet, removed the whip and suspended his party membership with immediate effect.
“I was presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect in a way designed to be as damaging as possible to his shadow cabinet colleagues and the wider Conservative Party.
“The British public are tired of political psychodrama and so am I. They saw too much of it in the last government, they’re seeing too much of it in this government. I will not repeat those mistakes.”
Nigel Farage said, “I’m very surprised that this news is broken.
Farage was asked if he has been speaking to Jenrick, he said, “I never reveal private conversations of anybody, which is why when people like Malcolm came to me to talk, and he was a frontbencher, nothing ever leaked.
I’m going to say that I’ve had conversations with a number of very senior Conservatives over the course of the last week, over the course of the last month.”
I have sacked Robert Jenrick from the Shadow Cabinet, removed the whip and suspended his party membership with immediate effect.
I was presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect in a way designed to be as damaging as possible to his… pic.twitter.com/zoSzFp0cKq
— Kemi Badenoch (@KemiBadenoch) January 15, 2026
Farage was asked again if he has spoken with Jenrick, the Reform UK leader said, “Of course I’ve talked to Robert Jenrick. Was I on the verge of signing a document with him? No. But have we had conversations? Yes.”
He was then asked if Jenrick was considering to leave the Tories for Reform, Farage said, “I think virtually every Conservative is considering leaving the Conservatives, yes.
Asked does this include Jenrick, he replied, “I think that’s been in his mind, yes. I’ve little doubt it’s been in his mind.”
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