The latest Tory-to-Reform defector on Musk, Badenoch and immigration

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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