Nigel Farage has welcomed Nadine Dorries' move to Reform as a 'big signing' - and said it shows the Tory Party is 'beginning to disintegrate before your eyes'.
After months of secret negotiations, former Conservative Culture Secretary Ms Dorries is joining forces with the Reform UK leader as he plots a path to Downing Street, it was revealed yesterday - as she told the Mail 'the Tory Party is dead'.
Mr Farage celebrated the decision on Thursday night, calling Ms Dorries 'a significant addition to [the] team'.
'From this time last year, we had a handful of branches – we've now got 450. We've won the elections on May 1. We're publishing policy papers. And the team of people is building and Nadine is a significant addition to that team,' he said.
'Because while it's wonderful to get people from outside politics – and I want to do more of that - we also need people with experience who have been in government and understand how the system works. That's why Nadine is a big signing for us.'
