Former Tory chancellor Nadhim Zahawi says UK is ‘sick’ as he defects to Reform UK – politics live

Nigel Farage reveals convert to party as former chancellor says UK ‘has reached a dark and dangerous chapter’ Zahawi says he could have chosen to stay out of politics. He has been chairing one of the UK’s biggest retailers, he says. He says he knows what it is to be a popular politician; when he was minister for the vaccine rollout during Covid, he was one of the most popular politicians in the UK, he claims. We can all see that our beautiful, ancient, kind, magical island story has reached a dark and dangerous chapter. You know in your heart of hearts that our wonderful country is sick. Continue reading...