there will be no deal with if he is elected leader of the party to replace Rishi Sunak. The former home office minister, who resigned because he did not think Mr Sunak was strong enough on the , has emerged as the leading candidate of the right in the leadership race. Speaking at an event in Upminster in Essex this week, members that he plans win back Tory voters who defected to Farage’s Reform.
But unlike fellow rightwinger but struggling to get enough MPs to nominate her - Mr Jenrick said there would be no deal with Mr Farage. In June, Ms Braverman suggested the Conservatives should welcome Mr Farage into the party as there was not much difference between the Tories and Reform. Mr Jenrick’s rebuff came after it emerged that Reform fears his nomination most of all and hopes his rival Tom Tugendhat, associated more with the centrist One Nation members of the party, wins instead.
A number of sources claimed that former Tory MP turned Reform UK MP Lee Anderson said Mr Jenrick “would provide the biggest problem”. Mr Anderson denied this and told : “None of them worry us. Just look at their majorities.
” But allies of believe he can follow in David Cameron’s footsteps in the leadership election, arguing that he could win the leadership race by establishing himself as the frontrunner at party conference. The former , now Lord Cameron, was the unexpected victor of the 2005 contest, despite starting behind the bookies’ favourite, . But a star-making speech, delivered .