Farage was all smiles as the Tory rightwinger he once called a ‘fraud’ defected to Reform. Will it be big enough for the both of them? Keep watching, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

As a member of Reform, Nadhim was adamant he had more to give. Even if none of us really wanted him

The Reform UK leader had described the Tory MP as a ‘fraud’ as recently as last summer

As has been the case with past Tory defections to Reform, there is a trove of social media snipes to embarrass the new stablemates

Farage was all smiles as the Tory rightwinger he once called a ‘fraud’ defected to Reform. Will it be big enough for the both of them? Keep watching, says Guardian columnist Zoe…

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Former Tory’s media strategy reportedly calls him ‘biggest defection story Reform has ever had’