{"id":309782,"date":"2026-01-15T15:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/jenrick-sacked-by-tory-leader-badenoch-over-defection-plot\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T15:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T15:00:03","slug":"jenrick-sacked-by-tory-leader-badenoch-over-defection-plot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/jenrick-sacked-by-tory-leader-badenoch-over-defection-plot\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenrick sacked by Tory leader Badenoch over &#8216;defection plot&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/EjAh4ODJOUM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Jenrick sacked by Tory leader Badenoch over 'defection plot'\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EjAh4ODJOUM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has announced that she has sacked shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick due to what she said was \u201cirrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>He has also had his party membership suspended.<\/p>\n<p>Kemi Badenoch did not say which party she thought Robert Jenrick was about to defect to, but Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said at a press conference this morning that he has had conversations with Mr Jenrick.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has announced that she has sacked shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick due to what she said was \u201cirrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect\u201d. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe] He has also had his party membership suspended. 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