{"id":309007,"date":"2026-01-12T21:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ex-tory-chancellor-nadhim-zahawi-defects-to-reform-uk-despite-previous-criticism-of-farage\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T21:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:00:23","slug":"ex-tory-chancellor-nadhim-zahawi-defects-to-reform-uk-despite-previous-criticism-of-farage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ex-tory-chancellor-nadhim-zahawi-defects-to-reform-uk-despite-previous-criticism-of-farage\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Tory chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform UK despite previous criticism of Farage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/cJuqEW5-9C8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Ex-Tory chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform UK despite previous criticism of Farage\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cJuqEW5-9C8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Reform UK is celebrating its highest profile defector yet from the Conservative Party: Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi. <\/p>\n<p>Announcing his move today, the former MP claimed &quot;Britain is broken&quot; and needs Nigel Farage as its Prime Minister. <\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s quite a turnaround for Zahawi, who was sacked as Chancellor over a tax row, and in the past he said he&#8217;d be &quot;frightened&quot; to live in a country run by his new party leader. <\/p>\n<p>And ITV News understands it comes after the Tories refused his request for a Peerage.<\/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>Reform UK is celebrating its highest profile defector yet from the Conservative Party: Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi. 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