Well, well, well. In a rather curious turn of events, it now transpires that Rael Braverman – husband of former Home Secretary Suella Braverman – has started campaigning for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. How very interesting…
Farage took to Twitter to announce that Braverman had not only been canvassing for the party on the streets of Hertfordshire on Sunday, but had actually become a member of the right wing group, noting:
He has received a great reception after joining the fastest growing movement in British politics.
Good heavens. It’s certainly a good time to be in Farage’s group after a FindOutNow voting intention survey put Reform in second place, ahead of Sir Keir’s lefty lot and just two percentage points behind Kemi Badenoch’s boys in blue. It follows a rather interesting speech by Farage at The Spectator’s Parliamentarian awards, where the Reform leader insisted to the audience: ‘At the next election in 2029 there will be hundreds of newcomers under the Reform UK label. We are about to witness a political revolution the likes of which you’ve not seen since Labour after the first world war.’ Strong stuff, eh?
For her part, Suella defended her husband’s move on Sunday, saying:
My husband and I have a healthy respect for each other’s independence – he doesn’t tell me how to do my job, and I don’t tell him how to pick a political party.
It does beg the question, however, whether the former Conservative minister will jump ship too. Already, ex-Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns left her former party for Nige’s crowd and onetime ConservativeHome founder Tim Montgomerie also defected last week. Might Suella be next? Stay tuned…
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