Overview
- Robert Jenrick posted screenshots he says are from chief whip Rebecca Harris that call him a “bloodsucker” and say he has a “really special place in hell.”
- Kemi Badenoch earlier told GB News that Jenrick was lying about the exchange, after which he shared the images with the caption, “They still won’t tell the truth.”
- Conservative sources accuse Jenrick of misrepresenting an older conversation unrelated to foreign aid policy and link him to 2024 plotting they say damaged the party.
- The purported texts also tell Jenrick to “leave the party,” suggest he and Suella Braverman should stand down, and say he has “lost the plot,” though Braverman remains a Conservative MP.
- Jenrick defected from the Conservatives to Reform UK last week, and Reform figures seized on the leak to accuse the Tories of dishonesty.