Sunak himselfwas nowhere to be seen on the advert for Andrea Jenkyns – and neither was the name of their party.Farage is pictured at the very top of the flyer, next to a smiling Jenkyns, who is running to be MP for Leeds South West and Morley.Jenkyns, who is still part of the Tory Party, also posted on social media about the leaflet on Wednesday – but did not acknowledge Sunak’s absence.
She wrote: “Lots of excitement over my leaflet today... All conservatives must be prepared to come together to prevent a socialist supermajority and the end of Britain as we know it. #CountryFirst.”However, there does not seem to be any kind of quote from the foreign secretary on the brochure. Speaking to LBC, former 1922 committee chair, Sir Charles Walker, slammed Jenkyns’ behaviour, dubbing it “foolish and rude”.He said Farage has “on many occasions” said he “wants to destroy the Conservative Party”.
He added: “I think if Andrea feels so disappointed in the Conservative Party which she does, she should have stood for Reform.”and taking over the party’s leadership 10 days ago, but his return to frontline politics means Reform has jumped in the polls.who was elected as a Tory but defected earlier this year – Reform is just one percentage point behind the Conservatives, according to
Jenkyns is on the right of the Conservative Party, and a former deputy chair of the European Research Group. She was also served very briefly as a minister underNigel Farage On The Rack Over Claim Rishi Sunak 'Doesn't Understand Our Culture'Sign up and we will email you daily with the best of our political and news coverage while also giving you a taste of our most-popular lifestyle, opinion and personal blogs.