Badenoch apologises for Braverman remark as Tory defections to Reform UK mount

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UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch apologised for a party statement referencing Suella Braverman's mental health after her defection to Reform UK, calling the remark wrong and retracting it; Braverman criticised the line, while Badenoch described defectors as 'drama queens' in a later speech amid a wave of Tory MPs joining Reform UK and ongoing debates over centrism and immigration.
- Badenoch apologises for Braverman mental health claim BBC
- ‘Not surprised at all’: Fareham voters size up Suella Braverman’s Reform switch The Guardian
- A scenario for a Conservative comeback in Britain The Economist
- UK: Suella Braverman defects from Conservatives to Reform dw.com
- Suella Braverman has been vilified for telling the truth The Telegraph
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