UK Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch has sensationally sacked shadow minister Robert Jenrick claiming he was secretly plotting to defect to Reform UK in a way that was “as damaging as possible”.
Reform has refused to confirm if Jenrick was planning to defect, although party leader Nigel Farage has said he ‘might’ buy him a sympathy pint. While Labour and the Lib Dems have been quick off the mark to take advantage of the political unrest by creating memes.
Adam and Laura are joined from Westminster by BBC chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman and BBC political correspondent Alex Forsyth to break down what we know.
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