US EditionPublished • loading... • Updated
Former UK government minister Zahawi defects to Reform from Conservatives
Nadhim Zahawi becomes Reform UK's highest-profile defector, endorsing Nigel Farage amid party's surge and public frustration over immigration and public services.
- On Monday, former Chancellor and Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi defected to Reform UK in a speech live-streamed online by Nigel Farage.
- The controversy stems from Nadhim Zahawi reaching a 5million tax settlement with HMRC while Chancellor, and he was sacked as Tory Party chairman after an ethics inquiry found a serious breach of the ministerial code, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said.
- In central London, Zahawi told supporters `I know this may come as a surprise to my old party and to many Westminster watches. and it certainly won’t come as a shock to the tens of millions of hard-working, patriotic, decent people up and down our wonderful United Kingdom from the highlands of Scotland, to the bottom of Cornwall, from rural Wales to the beating heart of London. “We can all see that our beautiful, ancient, kind, magical island story has reached a dark and dangerous chapter,` praising Farage and declaring Britain needs Reform UK.
- The move delivers a huge blow to Tory leader Kemi Badenoch and marks the biggest scalp for Nigel Farage, boosting Reform UK's profile.
- Given his ministerial background, Nadhim Zahawi served under Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, was chancellor for two months, and stood down ahead of the 2024 election.
Insights by Ground AI
35 Articles
35 Articles
Ex-Conservative Chancellor Backs Farage and Joins Reform UK
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has unveiled former Conservative chancellor Nadhim Zahawi as the party’s latest high-profile defector, delivering another blow to the Tories as the insurgent party seeks to consolidate its momentum. Zahawi, who served briefly as Chancellor during the final months of Boris Johnson’s premiership, was presented as Reform UK’s newest recruit at a press conference on Monday, January 12th. The former Stratford-upon-Avon M…
Who is Nadhim Zahawi? The former Tory chancellor turned top Reform UK defector
Nadhim Zahawi arrived in the UK unable to speak a word of English, rose up the ranks to become chancellor and ran to be the leader of the Tories - but has now become Reform UK's highest-profile defector.
·United Kingdom
Read Full Article
Coverage Details
Total News Sources35
Leaning Left12Leaning Right8Center9Last UpdatedBias Distribution41% Left
Bias Distribution
- 41% of the sources lean Left
41% Left
L 41%
C 31%
R 28%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
