Ex-Tory chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform UK
Former Conservative chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has joined Reform UK, the party has announced.
The former MP and minister, who also led the Conservative government’s vaccine programme in the early days of the pandemic, said Britain was “drinking at the last chance saloon” and “really does need Nigel Farage as prime minister”.
Mr Zahawi announced his defection at a press conference in central London on Monday, where he appeared alongside Reform UK leader Mr Farage.
Mr Farage insisted the ex-Tory big beast’s move to his party helped to dispel suggestions Reform UK was a “one-man band”.
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The bloke that had an issue paying his taxes and tried to SLAPP a tax expert that broke the story.
Not connected to this but how do you set up an off shore avoidance scheme?
Really, reform have a type.
How are his stables now, nice and cosey?
There seems to be no loyalty whatsoever with politicians these days. Rats deserting a sinking ship.
Another dodgy ex tory minister hoping for another crack at screwing the country up.
Reform is always claiming to be different to other parties, at this rate they’re fast becoming Tory Party mk 2.
There seems to be a pattern forming. If you’ve failed as a Tory (and that really is an effort), got a dodgy past of tax evasion, got links to known Russian agents and a track record of associating with wrong uns, you join Reform.
Does he get a Russian propaganda manual free of charge?
Is deform the new Tory party led by antisemitic anti islamic anti Welsh racist with no policies to recommend and funded by and for billionaires?
Restore the word ‘reform’ to its’ Oxford English dictionary definition and rename the party ‘Tory Rejects’ or ‘Torejects’ maybe.
By the time the General Election comes, Deform will have assembled roughly the same destruction no mark mob the electorate thumped out of power 18 months ago. The colour of the rosette will be the only change.
This isn’t the end of the Tories. They’re just shedding their old skin and growing even larger.
Skin shedding and snake oil, how appropriate.
The ex Tory Chancellor who had to find £5 million to settle an investigation into his tax affairs, and that is supposed to be some sort of coup for Deform?