Danny Kruger is the latest Tory defector to Reform. He will lead the party’s new ‘preparing for government’ unit. Speaking at Reform’s press conference this morning, Kruger said:
“The Conservative Party is over… it is over as a national party, and over as the principle opposition to the left… We are planning change on a scale that the system has not seen since the modern civil service was created in the 19th century…”
Kruger is a serious player who has been a central voice in policy development on topics from immigration to national security. He is also the first sitting shadow minister to jump ship. A real coup for Reform…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”