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Which Tory MP do you think will deflect to Reform next?

29 replies

Theda13 · 26/01/2026 21:56

I think Jacob Rees-Mogg might.

Watch this space…

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Tickingcrocodile · 26/01/2026 21:56

Kemi Badenoch? 😁

Simplestars · 26/01/2026 21:56

Priti awful patel

Ioweyounothingnothingatall · 26/01/2026 22:00

What happened to the Labour figure who was supposed to be defecting? Have I missed that one?

Tickingcrocodile · 26/01/2026 22:08

Ioweyounothingnothingatall · 26/01/2026 22:00

What happened to the Labour figure who was supposed to be defecting? Have I missed that one?

Was predicted to happen last week but as yet nobody has. Maybe Andy Burnham will go now Labour have shut the door on him becoming an MP!

BoxedOff · 26/01/2026 22:10

Jacob Rees Mogg isn’t an MP anymore.

I actually struggle to name many that haven’t already gone.

ilovesooty · 26/01/2026 22:11

Steve Baker?

"Suella excites me".

shortsaint · 26/01/2026 22:14

Easy. Whoever was utterly abhorrent as a Tory and is only in it for self-interest.

Theda13 · 26/01/2026 22:14

BoxedOff · 26/01/2026 22:10

Jacob Rees Mogg isn’t an MP anymore.

I actually struggle to name many that haven’t already gone.

Did he lose his seat at the last election? That one must have passed me by!

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Ihatethistimeline · 26/01/2026 22:20

Michael Fabricant or Jacob Rees Mogg.

mumofoneAloneandwell · 26/01/2026 22:22

Is boris still an mp? Is he still part of the tories

ProfessorRedshoeblueshoe · 26/01/2026 22:22

Fabricant is not an MP either

AgentPidge · 26/01/2026 22:23

The Tories I really dislike and have zero respect for are joining Reform. If JRM leaves them ( I don't care if he's still an MP or not) along with Priti Patel, they might start to look like a reasonable party. I've been impressed by Kemi Badenoch recently.

ACynicalDad · 26/01/2026 22:26

It's great, it's all the odious ones. The Tories may end up electable at the end of this. I'd guess Mark Francois soon, but I'm not sure that there are that many left that would go.

MeouwKing · 26/01/2026 22:31

Have they got any left?

MrsMoastyToasty · 26/01/2026 22:32

JRM lost his seat to Dan Norris (was Labour, but now independent following his suspension from the party).

LavenderBlue19 · 26/01/2026 22:33

Much as I hate the Tories, I'm actually quite hopeful that Reform will take all the dregs and then the Tories will become a functioning party again. I would far rather they were the Opposition then Reform (at least - the old Tory party. Before the now-Reform lot took over).

I do wonder how Reform are going to continue to claim to be 'Change', when they're almost entirely made up of the last government 😂

JamesClyman · 27/01/2026 15:01

Don't know. Don't care.

luckylavender · 27/01/2026 15:20

Gavin Williamson

TheFairyCaravan · 27/01/2026 15:25

I’m surprised Mark Francois hasn’t gone yet.

sprigatito · 27/01/2026 15:29

TheFairyCaravan · 27/01/2026 15:25

I’m surprised Mark Francois hasn’t gone yet.

Me too. I’m waiting for that announcement.

in a similar vein, has Gullis joined Reform yet? I think he lost his seat, but I’d be surprised if he didn’t try again as a Farage acolyte.

ExtraOnions · 27/01/2026 15:30

I am no Tory … they need to decide who they are, what they represent, and stick to it. I have no clue what their policies are. Thatcher still gives me the chills, but at least she was clear.

NemesisInferior · 27/01/2026 15:31

TheFairyCaravan · 27/01/2026 15:25

I’m surprised Mark Francois hasn’t gone yet.

Even reform would probably think twice about that fuckwit.

Actually, maybe not.

TheFairyCaravan · 27/01/2026 15:32

sprigatito · 27/01/2026 15:29

Me too. I’m waiting for that announcement.

in a similar vein, has Gullis joined Reform yet? I think he lost his seat, but I’d be surprised if he didn’t try again as a Farage acolyte.

Yes, Gullis went to Reform just before Christmas.

JacknDiane · 27/01/2026 15:36

shortsaint · 26/01/2026 22:14

Easy. Whoever was utterly abhorrent as a Tory and is only in it for self-interest.

Hardly narrows it down though....

TopPocketFind · 27/01/2026 15:37

Gavin Williamson, he is on the daily mail's defection watch list