BBC Jan 26
Ex-Conservative Home Secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK
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Suella Braverman Joins Reform UK PartyBraverman's defection raises Reform UK's MPs to eight, marking the third Tory departure in just eleven days.
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- Suella Braverman became the third Conservative MP to defect to Reform UK within eleven days.
- She served as Home Secretary from 2022 to 2023 and resigned amid controversies involving email use and police criticism.
- Nigel Farage introduced her at a London rally, highlighting the need for centre-right unity around Reform.
- Critics accuse Braverman of contributing to political turmoil as Reform UK continues to recruit former Tory MPs.
We can either continue down this route of managed decline to weakness and surrender. Or we can fix our country, reclaim our power, rediscover our strength.— Suella Braverman, speaking at a Reform rally in London.
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