A shadow minister has defected from the Tories to Reform UK, saying Nigel Farage should be the next prime minister.

Danny Kruger, the MP for East Wiltshire, said he believes the Conservative Party ‘is over’ in a press conference on Monday.

The son of Great British Bake Off presenter Prue Leith, Kruger has been an MP since 2019, when the Tories won a landslide victory under Boris Johnson.

An evangelical Christian, he became one of the UK’s most high-profile campaigners against assisted dying – activities which are currently under investigation for potential rule-breaking.

It’s the first time a sitting Conservative MP has defected to Mr Farage’s party, and will come as a major blow to Kemi Badenoch, who won the leadership on a right-leaning platform. Who is Danny Kruger?

The 50-year-old

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