Another sensitive topic for Farage would be whether Jenrick should hold a by-election. His test (pre-Kruger) was a moral one: that it's "dishonourable" to switch allegiance without seeking a fresh mandate from voters.

Lee Anderson switched without a byelection too Farage screams democracy until it comes to his own and then he uses the legislation to protect any defectors - including councillors from byelections

Not as dishonourable as Labour winning a general election based on a pack of lies

Come on, Farage was calling Jenrick a fraud last summer, there's no honour in Reform...

He used to make a point of holding by elections but now he doesn’t really care what people think, it’s about his ego.

Nope. Did that, no one else followed. No point further stacking the decks against yourself.

Why should Jenrick when nobody else does?

They're made up of 50% Tory MP defectees now, 66% if you count Tory councillor defectee Pochin. At what point are they obliged to put themselves to voters on the basis they're now more Tory than Reform?

Back in the day UKIP did, twice. Labour and Tories don't when they defect to each other so it seems pretty pointless to bother with matching their non existant standards.

Is Farage capable of saying more than 4 words without a dramatic mid-sentence pause? I know it's not his worst trait, but it is really f-ing annoying.

Doesn't need to now. Jenrick has been sacked, essentially a free agent.

Thought Jenrick had been expelled from the Conservative Party, so what's he supposed to do? Pushed rather than jumped? 🤨

Since when has Farage done the decent thing 🤷

We know Farage is full of shit on this one.

So many don't, no problem in crossing the floor.

You say this as Starmer is literally cancelling elections.

Well considering Labour and Conservatives are cancelling elections at the moment they don’t have a leg to stand on asking for by elections. We’re going to have councillors in place for 7 years with no accountability. Didn’t Change UK have about 10 defections and no by elections

The rules should be changed to ensure by - elections have to occur if MPs defect 🤞 That much I do agree with but factually the majority who do defect don’t.

He’s shameless

A by-election would help Farage & Reform now. Jenrick would be a charismatic figure already well-known in his constituency and he could, with some merit, claim his hand was forced by the actions of a paranoid leader.

Will @DailyMail @GBNEWS @Daily_Express @TalkTV et al, this time actually hold Farage to account I doubt it but could happen just this one.

Guy is a brazen psychopath. Won’t even blink at the gross hypocrisy when there is no by election for (dis)honest Bob

@reformexposed @Nigel_Farage @RobertJenrick will you be holding a by-election?

Given that both Labour and the Tories have cancelled local elections, no.

Newark will vote for him anyway. Go for it... sounding like a party who just lost their top striker. Newark is REFORM... COPE

After those MP’s who have been arrested by the police have a by election surely

Indeed, he should call a by election and stand as a Reform candidate and expose the Tory Blob for the corrupt bunch of crooks they really are.

@likesretirement

Of course they should hold a by-election.

Name any MP that has called one for similar reasons.. Name any MP who has been recalled for being sacked or suspended from any party...

Will be a lot of by elections if tories keep defecting. Quite expensive for the electorate too

He bleeted about Wakeford moving from Tories to Labour in 2022..So he should do the honourable thing and have a by-election in Newark surely..

He was with the pretend Conservatives. ReformUK are real Conservatives. No need for a by-election.