Defection of former Tory minister to Reform is another twist in ambitious politician’s career
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For a long time, Robert Jenrick’s transformation from a David Cameron-supporting remainer to an anti-immigration rightwinger did not convince many of his political peers – least of all Nigel Farage.
Only last year, the Reform UK leader was describing him as a “fraud” and saying he was sceptical that Jenrick was genuine, branding him “Robert the Generic, Robert the Remainer and Robert the I Don’t Stand Particularly for Anything at all”.
“There are people in politics who are there through conviction and there are people in politics who are there because they want to reach rank, position and all that comes with that,” he said at the time.
