Former Tory leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick has caused quite a stir this week, after a recording leaked to Sky News suggested the frontbencher had ambitions of his own to ‘unite the right’. The clip ruffled feathers as commentators suggested the Conservative MP was in favour of doing a deal with Reform UK – something that current Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has vowed will not happen. But on the airwaves this morning Jenrick struck a conciliatory tone, insisting first that ‘Kemi Badenoch and I are on exactly the same page’ over Reform before urging listeners to ‘give her a break’.
Speaking to ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Jenrick defended the remarks he made at a UCL Conservative Society dinner last month, in which he divulged that ‘I want the right to be united… And one way or another, I’m determined to do that and to bring this coalition together.’ Immediately after the leaked recording was flagged to Jenrick’s team, a source close to the MP claimed the politician had been referring to voters rather than the political parties.
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