US EditionFormer Tory home secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform
Suella Braverman cited Tory failures on immigration and public services as reasons for joining Reform UK, which now holds eight MPs and leads polls by 34%, Nigel Farage said.
- On Monday, Suella Braverman announced at a veterans' rally that she is resigning the Conservative whip and joining Reform UK, saying she believes a better future is possible.
- Following earlier defections this month by Robert Jenrick, former leadership challenger, and Andrew Rosindell, Romford MP, Braverman said she pushed to leave the European Convention on Human Rights but was blocked and sacked by Conservative ministers.
- Her ministerial record shows rapid reversals after September 2022, as Ms Braverman was first made Home Secretary under Liz Truss, resigned in October 2022, reinstated six days later by Rishi Sunak, and sacked in November 2023, replaced by James Cleverly.
- Braverman will sit immediately as a Reform MP, boosting Reform UK to eight MPs without triggering a by-election, and Farage said it was "about time".
- Braverman warned Britain is "indeed broken", accusing immigration and public services of failure, and she vowed to explain her reasons later today while acknowledging some Fareham and Waterlooville Conservatives will feel disappointed.
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Reform UK pulls off biggest Conservative defection yet
Reform U.K., the rising right-wing populist political party threatening to eclipse the Conservatives in British politics, has just scored its biggest defection yet. Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman appeared alongside Reform leader Nigel Farage at a Veterans for Reform rally in London on Monday, where she condemned her former party, the Conservatives, as having “utterly failed to do the right thing for the British people.” “Because I believ…
As the third Conservative MP in line, Suella Braverman announces her switch to Reform UK on Monday.
"I've Come Home": British-Indian Ex-MP Defects To Anti-Immigration Reform UK
Suella Braverman, former UK home secretary in the previous Conservative Party led government, on Monday defected to the anti-immigration Reform UK saying she is "calling time" on the Tories for letting immigration get "out of control".
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