He'll bring a bit of clout.. and plenty of baggage

ANOTHER day, another Tory has-been jumps ship to Reform UK.

- BY LIZZY BUCHAN POLITICAL EDITOR

Nadhim Zahawi became the biggest Conservative beast to join Nigel Farage’s party yesterday, bringing a bit of clout and a lot of baggage.

He was a well-known face in the pandemic when he led the Covid vaccine rollout.

But the multimillionaire MP was later sacked from government after breaching the ministerial code by failing to disclose that his tax affairs were investigated by HMRC while he was Chancellor.