MP defects to Reform and claims Tory Party is 'over'

DANNY Kruger has become the first sitting Conservative MP to defect to Reform UK.

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The East Wiltshire MP's defection was unveiled at a press conference yesterday, where Nigel Farage said Mr Kruger would head up Reform's efforts to prepare for government.

Describing his move as "personally painful", Mr Kruger condemned his former party as "over".

He said: "We have had a year of stasis and drift and the sham unity that comes from not doing anything bold and the result is in the polls.

"And those voters aren't coming back, and every day, more and more are joining them in deserting the party that has failed."