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The latest Tory-to-Reform defector on Musk, Badenoch and immigration
Manage episode 453655755 series 2592675
ConHome founder Tim Montgomerie has jumped ship.
The Conservative Party lost another prominent member this week to Reform - this time an even bigger blow - over broken promises on immigration.
Amid reports that Elon Musk is planning to give $100 million to Reform, Tim Montgomerie told Kamal and Gordon that he “certainly wouldn’t say no” to the cash and that the Tories have become “too broad a church”.
Plus, a row over rainbow armbands is engulfing British football. Are they a gesture of support for the LGBT community or just meaningless gesture politics?
Read: Football’s feeble gesture politics are curse of the modern game, Oliver Brown
How Musk’s millions could make Farage the most powerful man in Britain, Gordon Rayner
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Producers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia Coan
Senior Producer: John Cadigan
Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey
Executive Producer: Louisa Wells
Video Editor/Studio Operator: Aaron Wheeler
Social Media Producer: Niamh Walsh
Editor: Camilla Tominey
Original music by Goss Studio
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1033 episodes
Manage episode 453655755 series 2592675
ConHome founder Tim Montgomerie has jumped ship.
The Conservative Party lost another prominent member this week to Reform - this time an even bigger blow - over broken promises on immigration.
Amid reports that Elon Musk is planning to give $100 million to Reform, Tim Montgomerie told Kamal and Gordon that he “certainly wouldn’t say no” to the cash and that the Tories have become “too broad a church”.
Plus, a row over rainbow armbands is engulfing British football. Are they a gesture of support for the LGBT community or just meaningless gesture politics?
Read: Football’s feeble gesture politics are curse of the modern game, Oliver Brown
How Musk’s millions could make Farage the most powerful man in Britain, Gordon Rayner
We want to hear from you! Email us at TheDailyT@telegraph.co.uk or find us on X, Instagram and TikTok @dailytpodcast
Producers: Lilian Fawcett and Georgia Coan
Senior Producer: John Cadigan
Planning Editor: Venetia Rainey
Executive Producer: Louisa Wells
Video Editor/Studio Operator: Aaron Wheeler
Social Media Producer: Niamh Walsh
Editor: Camilla Tominey
Original music by Goss Studio
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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