This morning Nigel Farage unveiled his latest defector: Danny Kruger. The Wiltshire MP boasts impeccable Tory credentials. He served as David Cameron’s speechwriter, Boris Johnson’s political secretary and Robert Jenrick’s campaign manager just last summer. His defection today will therefore come as a serious blow to those who argue that the Conservative party stands a better chance than Reform of winning the next election.

Kruger told a press conference in Mayfair that his former Tory party were ‘finished as the main opposition to the left’. His argument is that Reform is the ‘new home’ of conservatism. His new role in Reform is ‘preparing the party for government’ – a theme Farage has expounded all summer.

Kruger told the room that he believes Reform now stands the best chance of savi

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