UK conservative lawmaker Danny Kruger defects to Reform UK
British Conservative lawmaker Danny Kruger has defected to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, he announced at a party press conference on Monday.
Kruger, who has been a Conservative Party member, activist, and employee for more than 20 years, said the decision was “personally painful,” News.Az reports, citing Reuters
“This is my tragic conclusion: the Conservative Party is over — over as a national party, over as the principal opposition to the left,” he declared.
Kruger was elected in 2019 and most recently served as the Conservatives’ welfare spokesperson. He previously worked as a speechwriter for former Prime Minister David Cameron and later advised Boris Johnson in 2019.
His defection marks another high-profile gain for Reform UK, which has been positioning itself as a right-wing alternative to the Conservatives amid growing discontent within the party.
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