‘Pack of lies’: Robert Jenrick launches personal attack on Kemi Badenoch
Summary
Robert Jenrick, a Reform UK MP and former Conservative minister, accused Kemi Badenoch, the current Conservative leader, of lying about her meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Jenrick criticized Badenoch personally and challenged claims about the meeting and other issues while announcing Reform UK’s new policy proposals.Key Facts
- Robert Jenrick called Kemi Badenoch’s statements about her meeting with Giorgia Meloni “a pack of lies.”
- The meeting took place in Rome, where Badenoch said Meloni urged her to “be her own woman.”
- The Conservative Party denied making claims about Meloni’s supposed comments, and a newspaper retracted the report.
- Jenrick criticized Badenoch’s past claims, including one about a university offer from Stanford.
- Both were linked to claims that Badenoch planned to remove Prime Minister Rishi Sunak before the general election.
- Jenrick resigned as immigration minister in 2023 over Sunak’s asylum seeker deportation plan.
- At an event, Jenrick announced Reform UK policies, including scrapping some data protection laws and removing the zero-emission vehicle mandate by 2035.
- Labour criticized Reform UK’s plans to weaken data privacy protections, saying they lacked clear details.
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