{"id":71302,"date":"2024-06-12T13:18:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T13:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/12\/tory-candidate-andrea-jenkyns-features-farage-on-election-leaflet\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T13:18:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T13:18:10","slug":"tory-candidate-andrea-jenkyns-features-farage-on-election-leaflet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/12\/tory-candidate-andrea-jenkyns-features-farage-on-election-leaflet\/","title":{"rendered":"Tory candidate Andrea Jenkyns features Farage on election leaflet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Conservative candidate Dame Andrea Jenkyns has defended her decision to feature a picture of Reform UK leader Nigel Farage on an election leaflet.<\/p>\n

The picture of a grinning Mr Farage next to Dame Andrea was taken at the Reform UK leader’s 60th birthday party in April.<\/p>\n

It features on an A5 leaflet sent to voters in the Leeds South West and Morley constituency. The leaflet does not include a picture of Tory leader Rishi Sunak.<\/p>\n

Dame Andrea, a leading Conservative pro-Brexit voice, has been calling for her party to unite with Reform UK to prevent a Labour “supermajority” and “the end of Britain as we known it”.<\/p>\n

She had been tipped to join Mr Farage’s party but now says she wants to help “unite” the right wing parties after the general election.<\/p>\n

In November last year, Dame Andrea became the first Tory MP to reveal that she had submitted a letter of no confidence in Mr Sunak as PM.<\/p>\n

She was previously MP for Morley and Outwood, which disappeared in boundary changes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a statement defending the leaflet, which was first revealed by the Guido Fawkes website<\/a>, a spokesperson said: “Andrea is above all, a patriot. <\/p>\n

“She fought for Brexit alongside politicians from all parties including Labour and Reform and is proud of being able to transcend party politics and put the country first. <\/p>\n

“She finds it regrettable that party leaders have not been able to see the bigger picture in uniting the right to stop a socialist supermajority.<\/p>\n

“After the election, Conservative MPs will need to work with a wider conservative movement to achieve their goals and Andrea is one of the best-placed genuine conservatives in her party to help facilitate this.<\/p>\n

“For the avoidance of any doubt, Andrea is a lifelong conservative and is standing for the Conservative Party in the forthcoming election. <\/p>\n

“She is committed to promoting low-tax, common-sense conservatism.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Her Reform UK opponent in Leeds South West and Morley James Kendall told the Daily Mirror<\/a>: “I think it’s disgusting to hide behind Nigel Farage to get the Reform voters to believe that she is for Reform. <\/p>\n

“Andrea Jenkyns had the opportunity six months ago to join Reform UK and personally, I’ve always been stood in the background wondering when she was going to stand for Reform.”<\/p>\n

He claimed many people in the constituency, including Dame Andrea’s supporters, were unhappy about the leaflet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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