Nadhim Zahawi, Nigel Farage and an advanced relationship

The former Conservative chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has defected to Reform UK.

He made a speech saying he backs Nigel Farage to grow to be Prime Minister – and that he believes the celebration will "deliver for the nation".

But the minister who was in command of the COVID vaccine rollout is now a member of a celebration who has hosted vaccine sceptics.

And in 2015, he additionally known as Mr Farage a "racist".

A Tory supply has informed Sky News Mr Zahawi stood down after asking the Conservative Party a number of occasions for a peerage – a declare he denies.

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