{"id":278392,"date":"2025-09-15T18:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-conservative-party-is-over-mp-danny-kruger-defects-to-reform-uk-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T18:05:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:05:19","slug":"the-conservative-party-is-over-mp-danny-kruger-defects-to-reform-uk-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-conservative-party-is-over-mp-danny-kruger-defects-to-reform-uk-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Conservative Party is over&#8217;: MP Danny Kruger defects to Reform UK | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/zjVl9Fbx6uI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"'The Conservative Party is over': MP Danny Kruger defects to Reform UK | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zjVl9Fbx6uI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Former Conservative MP Danny Kruger has joined Reform UK in a defection announced on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a joint press conference with Nigel Farage, Kruger claimed, &quot;the Conservative Party is over,&quot; but that its &quot;failure&quot; had made way for Reform as an alternative.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The flame is passing from one torch to another,&quot; said the MP for East Wiltshire, describing his decision to defect as \u201cpersonally painful.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Introducing Danny Kruger to the podium, Nigel Farage told reporters Kruger would lead a department preparing Reform UK for government.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Our mission is not just to overthrow the current system, it is to restore it,&quot; Kruger elaborated.<\/p>\n<p>Adding: &quot;If you are serious about saving our country&#8230; We want your help,&quot; before calling for people to join the party as well as provide &quot;confidential advice,&quot; if they worked in the &quot;public sector or military.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Addressing what he viewed as the failure of his former party, Kruger said: \u201cWe have had a year of stasis and drift and the sham unity that comes from not doing anything bold or difficult or controversial and the result is in the polls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd those voters aren\u2019t coming back, and every day, more and more people are joining them in deserting the party that has failed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: &quot;This is my tragic conclusion: the Conservative Party is over, over as a national party, over as the principal opposition to the left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Danny Kruger has been an MP since 2019 and was serving as Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary prior to his defection.<\/p>\n<p>Danny Kruger is the first sitting Conservative MP, and first shadow minister, to defect to Farage&#8217;s party, bringing Reform&#8217;s total number of MPs to six.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Conservative MP Danny Kruger has joined Reform UK in a defection announced on Monday. 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