Badenoch Walks Out On Interview After Refusing 4 Times To Say Robert Jenrick Is 'A Traitor' |
Kemi Badenoch during the Sky News interview.
Kemi Badenoch walked off during a TV interview as she tried to dodge questions about Robert Jenrick’s defection to Reform UK.
The Tory leader was asked four times by Sky News’s Connor Gillies if the former shadow justice secretary was “a traitor” but refused to answer.
She said voters were sick of the Westminster “psychodrama” and wanted politicians to focus on the issues affecting their lives instead.
Badenoch sacked Jenrick from her frontbench team after uncovering evidence that he planned to jump ship.
Jenrick – who lost the 2024 Tory leadership election to Badenoch – was later unveiled by Nigel Farage as Reform’s latest recruit at a press conference in central London.
During a two-day visit to Scotland, the Conservative leader was asked by Gillies: “Is Robert Jenrick a traitor?”
Badenoch replied: “Robert Jenrick is not my problem any........