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Robert Jenrick not ‘opposed’ to Farage returning to the Tories

Top Tory Robert Jenrick has said he would not oppose Nigel Farage returning to the Conservative Party, on a day he launches a new report demanding a huge reduction of immigration.

Speaking on LBC this morning, Nick Ferrari asked whether it’s time to have Mr Farage back into the Conservative Party, with Mr Farage having quit in the 90s over John Major’s pro-EU policies.

Mr Jenrick said he “would not oppose Mr Farage coming back into the party”, but conceded it’s “not our priority”.

“He’s associated with a different political party today, what we should be doing is tackling the issues that the public care about and which are leading some former Conservative voters to look elsewhere.

“As I say, legal migration seems to be absolutely top of the list and I believe that can be improved in the months ahead.”

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