There are not one but two stories on the BBC News website about Tim Montgomerie’s suspension, which Guido revealed yesterday. No doubt egged on by his willingness to go on Newsnight to vow to fight his suspension…
Both stories are now almost the same after the BBC updated its original one with the latest remarks on Newsnight. There was, on the other hand, no BBC News story at all when Montgomerie defected to Reform in December 2024, just a belated podcast as he began to do media.
Nor was there any BBC News story about Kemi Badenoch’s suspension of Gavin Barwell, peer, former Downing Street Chief of Staff, and Tory minister. Curious…
It is almost as if the BBC is revelling in internal turmoil over at Reform Towers. Perish the thought – bias at the BBC?
Tim Montgomerie says he is going to appeal his Reform membership suspension, after Guido exclusively revealed the party had booted him out yesterday. He says Nigel Farage himself was unaware of the decision. “If they want to kick me out, they’re going to have to kick me out after an argument”…
Tim Montgomerie has defected to Reform as an “active supporter” after 33 years in the Tory party. Tim was a former adviser to Boris Johnson and creator and editor of Conservative Home. Jenkyns last week, Tim this week, and a Reform “special announcement” expected next week…
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”