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Robert Jenrick: It would, I think, be completely ridiculous for there then to be another byelection later in the year. People really…

On the recordJuly 9, 2026
It would, I think, be completely ridiculous for there then to be another byelection later in the year. People really would then start to think the establishment are persecuting this man because they don’t want him to be prime minister because they don’t want the big radical change that he represents to happen to this country.
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Robert Jenrick
Reform UK

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Jenrick discusses the implications of multiple byelections for Farage.

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