Andrew Rosindell has resigned from the Conservative Party and defected to Reform UK.The former shadow minister and MP for Romford said the Tories were “irreparably bound to the mistakes of previous governments” and not willing to take “meaningful accountability” for poor decisions. He said he had spoken to Nigel Farage on Sunday evening before agreeing to join his party. The Reform UK leader called him “a great patriot” who “will be a great addition to our team”.A Conservative source said Rosindell’s departure was a prime example of Farage doing Badenoch’s “spring cleaning” and that Reform was “welcome” to him.Rosindell’s move comes after Robert Jenrick joined Reform on Thursday, hours after being sacked from the shadow cabinet by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, who had accused him of plotting to defect.The 59-year-old, who was shadow minister for foreign affairs before his resignation, said in a statement on X that the “views and concerns of constituents such as mine in Romford have been consistently ignored for far too long”.”Our country has endured a generation of managed decline,” he added. “Radical action is now required to reverse the damaging decisions of the past and to forge a new course for Britain.”Rosindell becomes Reform’s seventh MP and the third sitting Conservative MP to join the party, following Danny Kruger and Jenrick.This week’s defections mean that – putting aside independent MPs, who do not vote in a block – Reform UK now has the joint fifth biggest party grouping in …
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[mwai_chat context=”Let’s have a discussion about this article:nnAndrew Rosindell has resigned from the Conservative Party and defected to Reform UK.The former shadow minister and MP for Romford said the Tories were “irreparably bound to the mistakes of previous governments” and not willing to take “meaningful accountability” for poor decisions. He said he had spoken to Nigel Farage on Sunday evening before agreeing to join his party. The Reform UK leader called him “a great patriot” who “will be a great addition to our team”.A Conservative source said Rosindell’s departure was a prime example of Farage doing Badenoch’s “spring cleaning” and that Reform was “welcome” to him.Rosindell’s move comes after Robert Jenrick joined Reform on Thursday, hours after being sacked from the shadow cabinet by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, who had accused him of plotting to defect.The 59-year-old, who was shadow minister for foreign affairs before his resignation, said in a statement on X that the “views and concerns of constituents such as mine in Romford have been consistently ignored for far too long”.”Our country has endured a generation of managed decline,” he added. “Radical action is now required to reverse the damaging decisions of the past and to forge a new course for Britain.”Rosindell becomes Reform’s seventh MP and the third sitting Conservative MP to join the party, following Danny Kruger and Jenrick.This week’s defections mean that – putting aside independent MPs, who do not vote in a block – Reform UK now has the joint fifth biggest party grouping in …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]
