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Robert Jenrick joining Reform UK is the focus of almost all of the front pages.<\/p>\n
The Daily Mail<\/a> says with Jenrick’s announcement he “threw a hand grenade into the politics of the British right”, while the i Paper describes it as a “day of poison and betrayal”. <\/p>\n The Sun<\/a> draws parallels between Jenrick’s defection and a certain television programme; its headline is “Trai-Tories”.<\/p>\n Many of the papers look at how the Conservative party leader, Kemi Badenoch, came to know about Robert Jenrick’s plans. Tory sources are quoted in The Times<\/a> as saying that her team had been “monitoring” him for months. The Guardian <\/a>reports that senior figures within her office were sent screenshots of his resignation speech on Monday. <\/p>\n There’s also plenty of praise for the way she responded. The Daily Express says she appeared “defiant” after sacking Jenrick. Camilla Tominey writes in The Daily Telegraph<\/a> that Kemi Badenoch “showed her mettle”.<\/p>\n The Guardian focuses on Jenrick’s attack on the Conservative party in which he called it “rotten” and “failed”. The paper also quotes a senior Reform source saying that after a series of Tory defections, Robert Jenrick was the one they’d all wanted believing he’d bring experience to the party. <\/p>\n