Conservative MP Danny Kruger defects to Reform

[Elwood Blues]

He is the first sitting MP to do this.

First of several perhaps?

Not only was he their Welfare spokesman, he also ran Jenricks leadership campaign.

Cue Rats deserting sinking ship remarks!

[Wales-Bales]

Lock 'im up!

[cyril evans awaydays]

Eton and Oxbridge educated. Should fit right in with the anti-globalists on here!

[Heathblue]

He is the first sitting MP to do this.

First of several perhaps?

Not only was he their Welfare spokesman, he also ran Jenricks leadership campaign.

Cue Rats deserting sinking ship remarks!

Wow, phone blowing up!

Stampede off the sinking ship has begun.

Lifeboats are *very* limited!

— Zia Yusuf (@ZiaYusufUK) September 15, 2025

[jon1959]

Kruger is one of a few Tory MPs who will be much more at home in the Farage club. In the last Parliament he did a double act with Miriam Cates that was basically MAGA in the UK.

She lost her seat. He may well have calculated this is the best way to avoid following her to the dole queue but it is more likely to be driven by ideology and a deep infatuation with Trump.