Conservative Party defections to Reform UK continue with former home secretary
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Reform U.K., the rising right-wing populist political party threatening to eclipse the Conservatives in British politics, has just scored its biggest defection yet.
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman appeared alongside Reform leader Nigel Farage at a Veterans for Reform rally in London on Monday, where she condemned her former party, the Conservatives, as having “utterly failed to do the right thing for the British people.”
“Because I believe with my heart and soul that a better future is possible for us, I am joining Reform U.K., and I will sit as the member of parliament for Fareham and Waterlooville, representing this great party, Reform U.K., with immediate effect,” Braverman told the audience.
British Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage, right, and former British home secretary Suella Braverman speaking during a Reform UK press conference in Westminster, central London, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
“Britain is indeed broken,” she told supporters. “We can either continue down this route of managed decline to weakness and surrender, or we can fix our country.”
Braverman has long been perceived as further right-wing than the rest of the Conservative Party, particularly on issues such as immigration. She characterized her decision to leave the party, among the oldest political parties in the world, as a painful but necessary action to better serve the country.
Farage welcomed her as the latest and most high-profile Conservative to join his burgeoning movement, following on the heels of other recent turncoats, such as Andrew Rosindell and Robert Jenrick.
“She’s obviously thought long and hard about it, but, like many Tory MPs, she’s come to the conclusion that the Conservatives are disintegrating,” Farage told the Financial Times after stepping offstage at the event.
The Conservatives, currently led by Kemi Badenoch, slammed Braverman following her defection, characterizing her as an inevitable turncoat and questioning her mental faculties.
“It was always a matter of when, not if, Suella would defect,” the party said in a statement. “The Conservatives did all we could to look after Suella’s mental health, but she was clearly very unhappy.”
That bellicose message was later deleted and replaced with a statement lacking the comments about “mental health,” with the Conservatives claiming those comments had been part of a “draft” that was “sent out in error.”
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch speaks to the media during a …
Ask why this angle was chosen.
Reform U.K., the rising right-wing populist political party threatening to eclipse the Conservatives in British politics, has just scored its biggest defection yet.
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman appeared alongside Reform leader Nigel Farage at a Veterans for Reform rally in London on Monday, where she condemned her former party, the Conservatives, as having “utterly failed to do the right thing for the British people.”
“Because I believe with my heart and soul that a better future is possible for us, I am joining Reform U.K., and I will sit as the member of parliament for Fareham and Waterlooville, representing this great party, Reform U.K., with immediate effect,” Braverman told the audience.
British Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage, right, and former British home secretary Suella Braverman speaking during a Reform UK press conference in Westminster, central London, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
“Britain is indeed broken,” she told supporters. “We can either continue down this route of managed decline to weakness and surrender, or we can fix our country.”
Braverman has long been perceived as further right-wing than the rest of the Conservative Party, particularly on issues such as immigration. She characterized her decision to leave the party, among the oldest political parties in the world, as a painful but necessary action to better serve the country.
Farage welcomed her as the latest and most high-profile Conservative to join his burgeoning movement, following on the heels of other recent turncoats, such as Andrew Rosindell and Robert Jenrick.
“She’s obviously thought long and hard about it, but, like many Tory MPs, she’s come to the conclusion that the Conservatives are disintegrating,” Farage told the Financial Times after stepping offstage at the event.
The Conservatives, currently led by Kemi Badenoch, slammed Braverman following her defection, characterizing her as an inevitable turncoat and questioning her mental faculties.
“It was always a matter of when, not if, Suella would defect,” the party said in a statement. “The Conservatives did all we could to look after Suella’s mental health, but she was clearly very unhappy.”
That bellicose message was later deleted and replaced with a statement lacking the comments about “mental health,” with the Conservatives claiming those comments had been part of a “draft” that was “sent out in error.”
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch speaks to the media during a …
Conservative Party defections to Reform UK continue with former home secretary
Ask why this angle was chosen.
Reform U.K., the rising right-wing populist political party threatening to eclipse the Conservatives in British politics, has just scored its biggest defection yet.
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman appeared alongside Reform leader Nigel Farage at a Veterans for Reform rally in London on Monday, where she condemned her former party, the Conservatives, as having “utterly failed to do the right thing for the British people.”
“Because I believe with my heart and soul that a better future is possible for us, I am joining Reform U.K., and I will sit as the member of parliament for Fareham and Waterlooville, representing this great party, Reform U.K., with immediate effect,” Braverman told the audience.
British Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage, right, and former British home secretary Suella Braverman speaking during a Reform UK press conference in Westminster, central London, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
“Britain is indeed broken,” she told supporters. “We can either continue down this route of managed decline to weakness and surrender, or we can fix our country.”
Braverman has long been perceived as further right-wing than the rest of the Conservative Party, particularly on issues such as immigration. She characterized her decision to leave the party, among the oldest political parties in the world, as a painful but necessary action to better serve the country.
Farage welcomed her as the latest and most high-profile Conservative to join his burgeoning movement, following on the heels of other recent turncoats, such as Andrew Rosindell and Robert Jenrick.
“She’s obviously thought long and hard about it, but, like many Tory MPs, she’s come to the conclusion that the Conservatives are disintegrating,” Farage told the Financial Times after stepping offstage at the event.
The Conservatives, currently led by Kemi Badenoch, slammed Braverman following her defection, characterizing her as an inevitable turncoat and questioning her mental faculties.
“It was always a matter of when, not if, Suella would defect,” the party said in a statement. “The Conservatives did all we could to look after Suella’s mental health, but she was clearly very unhappy.”
That bellicose message was later deleted and replaced with a statement lacking the comments about “mental health,” with the Conservatives claiming those comments had been part of a “draft” that was “sent out in error.”
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch speaks to the media during a …
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