FILE PHOTO: Danny Kruger and Miriam Cates, accompanied by other members of the New Conservatives, leave 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, December 12, 2023. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) - A leading Conservative politician on Monday became the first sitting member of parliament to abandon Britain's main centre-right party for the anti-immigrant Reform UK, now leading in opinion polls.
Speaking at a press conference alongside Reform leader Nigel Farage, Danny Kruger said leaving behind friends was painful, but: "This is my tragic conclusion: the Conservative Party is over, over as a national party, over as the principal opposition."
