GB News’s Katherine Forster grilled Nigel Farage today, after he revealed that Suella Braverman is the latest Conservative MP to defect to Reform UK.

Katherine challenged the Reform leader, telling him: “You are a party of recycled Tories now,” following a string of MPs crossing the floor in recent weeks.

Mr Farage rejected the accusation, insisting Reform was “welcoming talent” from those willing to admit the failures of the Conservative Party after 14 years in power.

He said former Tory MPs who join Reform must be prepared to “put their hands up and say ‘we got this badly wrong’”, arguing their experience on the front line of Government was an asset to his party.

Speaking on The People’s Channel, Katherine Forster said: “Reform UK that’s three Conservative MPs in the last week and a half. You’re a party of recycled Tories now.”

Nigel Farage responded: “Well, we’re a party that accepts talent. If people come to us who we believe are talented, who are willing to put their shoulder to the wheel and help us, but who are also prepared to admit honestly the failings of the Conservative Party over 14 years in Government and particularly in the last term provided they’re prepared to put their hands up and say, ‘I’m sorry, we got this badly wrong’, then they’re very welcome.

“They’ve got experience of being on the front line, which, of course, I lack and many of my team lack. That experience is valuable.

“And I think it’s very interesting — today there are two big political stories. One is Suella Braverman joining Reform. The other, of course, is Andy Burnham being blocked from standing in the Denton and Gorton by-election.

“And that’s the difference between Keir Starmer and myself. I’m welcoming talent in, and he’s keeping talent out.”

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