Kemi Badenoch has advised Tories who “want to jump ship” to Nigel Farage’s Reform they’re “welcome to do so”.
In a candid admission, she stated there are individuals “who are not Conservatives, people who have probably been holding us back for a long time, then they should go to other parties that fit in with their values”.
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“A lot of people come into politics just to play the game of politics, and they will follow polls and defect wherever they can, like they do in banana republics, to wherever they think that they can win,” she stated after a speech on welfare reform.
“All of the people who are not interested in coming up with a proper policy plan and just want to jump ship, are welcome to do so, because when the time comes of the next general election, the public are going to be looking for a serious, credible alternative.
“We’re the one severe, credible various.”
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Sir Jake Berry defected to Reform on Wednesday. Pic: PA
Earlier this week, one other former Tory cupboard minister, ex-Welsh secretary David Jones, additionally defected from the Conservatives to hitch Reform.
Combating again in opposition to Mr Farage, Ms Badenoch stated: “Make no mistake, he’s Jeremy Corbyn with a pint and a cigarette on welfare.
“He shows his true colours, promising these unaffordable giveaways with no plan to fix the system.”
Ms Badenoch kicked off her speech by saying the UK is “becoming a welfare state with an economy attached”.
She accused left-wing Labour MPs and MPs from each different get together of voting for greater welfare spending after they voted for the federal government’s welfare invoice, which was closely watered down following threats from Labour rebels.
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The Conservative chief stated there’ll all the time be some individuals who want the state’s assist however stated “a line in the sand” wanted to be drawn about which situations are given assist.
“Food intolerances are a medical fact, but they are not something we should be handing out new cars for – this is not a joke, this actually happens,” she stated.
The Conservative chief stated whereas Labour and Reform MPs “don’t understand” what the two-child advantages cap does, she would hold it as a result of she as a substitute needs to ensure individuals can afford to have huge households “because they are in good jobs, not by increasing the tax burden on working people”.
