Sir James Cleverly has distanced himself from frontbench colleague Kevin Hollinrake’s jibe at Reform UK in which the Conservative chairman appeared to compare Nigel Farage’s party to the Nazis.

A Tory split has opened up after Mr Hollinrake shared a link to a Wikipedia entry about a badge handed out to members of Adolf Hitler’s party in response to a social media post from Mr Farage showing a Reform logo.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch defended the post as a “joke” while former home secretary Suella Braverman said it was “wrong, irresponsible and highly counter-productive”.

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— Kevin Hollinrake MP (@kevinhollinrake) November 23, 2025

Asked about the comparison on Tuesday, shadow housing secretary Sir James said Mr Hollinrake had

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