UK populist Reform party attracts latest Conservative defector


FILE PHOTO: Andrew Rosindell speaks during Prime Minister's Questions, at the House of Commons in London, Britain, March 6, 2024. UK Parliament/Andy Bailey/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Britain's ‌populist Reform UK party won another defector from ‌the country's once dominant Conservative Party on Sunday, attracting ‌lawmaker Andrew Rosindell, part of the Conservatives' foreign policy team, who said it was time "to put country before party".

With Reform UK well ahead ‍in the opinion polls before a national ‍election due in 2029, Rosindell ‌is one of more than 20 serving or former Conservative ‍lawmakers ​to switch to the party led by veteran Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage. His move gives Reform ⁠seven seats in the 650-seat parliament.

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