Nigel Farage in stitches as Keir Starmer accuses Robert Jenrick of ‘secret Reform plot’ behind Badenoch’s back – ‘She’s lost control!’
During a lively Prime Minister’s Questions session, Keir Starmer took a sharp dig at the Conservatives and their ties to Reform UK, leaving Nigel Farage laughing in the background.
Starmer claimed that many Conservative MPs secretly prefer Robert Jenrick, the Shadow Justice Secretary, as their next leader. He accused Jenrick of trying to form a political alliance with Reform UK, the right-wing party led by Farage.
He told the House that Jenrick wasn’t present because he was too busy trying to take over the party and build a united front with Reform UK, quoting Jenrick as saying he was “determined to bring this coalition together.”
Starmer used this to appeal to disillusioned voters, saying: “Any Tory voter tired of paying for the NHS, any Reform voter angry about the past 14 years—these people aren’t real conservatives; they’re a con.”
Kemi Badenoch, standing in for the Conservatives, tried to dismiss Starmer’s comments, accusing him of using serious issues for political point-scoring.
She hit back by highlighting division within Labour over a recent Supreme Court ruling on transgender rights, saying Labour MPs had strongly criticized the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Baroness Falkner.
Badenoch then challenged Starmer directly, asking him to commit to reappointing Baroness Falkner when her term ends this year, to prove Labour takes the issue seriously.
Starmer responded by saying the trans debate should be handled respectfully, which prompted laughter from some Conservative MPs. He then doubled down on his earlier claim, suggesting a quiet alliance was forming between Reform and the Conservatives.
He added that Jenrick and Farage, the MP for Clacton, were crafting a joint manifesto with policies like NHS fees, soft stances on Russia, and stripping back workers’ rights.
Starmer warned that just as the last Conservative government lost control of the economy, immigration, and health services, Badenoch had now lost control of her own party—within just six months.
