Leaked notes for Jenrick defection reveal he wanted to be ‘new sheriff in town’

Jenrick with Farage after announcing his defection to Reform UK earlier this week (Picture: EPA)

Robert Jenrick was labelled ‘the new sheriff in town’ in a secret media memo which was leaked to Tory leader Kemi Badenoch before his defection to Reform.

The private ‘media plan’ was drawn up for the former Shadow Justice Secretary while he was plotting to join Nigel Farage’s party and described him as ‘the most dynamic politician in the Conservative Party’.

The briefing was not written by Jenrick...