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Today in Parliament

15/01/2026

Today in Parliament

BBC

Government

4.4162 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Sean Curran reports on a dramatic day in Westminster as Robert Jenrick is thrown out of the Conservative Party.

Transcript

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Order. Order.

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Hello, I'm Sean Curran, and this is today in Parliament from BBC Radio 4,

0:13.6

the Thursday, the 15th of January, when a minister mocked Robert Jenrick's departure from the Tory ranks.

0:20.6

One person at the moment will be flapping in the wind.

0:23.6

That is the shadow justice secretary, who I believe has just been sacked.

0:28.6

The Conservatives say it's time for the government to scrap the digital ID project.

0:33.6

Stop spending billions on this zombie boondoggle that's wandering aimlessly in search of a problem to solve.

0:41.4

And name the town.

0:43.2

It also appears to be home to the world's oldest wedding cake.

0:46.6

But first, it's been a day of high political drama here at Westminster.

0:51.2

The Conservative leader, Kemi Bajnock, sacked the shadow justice secretary

0:55.3

Robert Jenrick and threw him out of the party. She said she had irrefutable evidence that Mr.

1:01.4

Jenrick had been planning a defection that was designed to be as damaging as possible to the

1:07.2

Conservatives. The news broke as a Cabinet Office Minister, Josh Simons, was answering

1:12.3

questions in the Commons. Well, the Honourable Member Opposite talks about flapping in the wind.

1:17.3

He might have noticed that one person at the moment will be flapping in the wind. That is the

1:22.0

Shadow Justice Secretary, who I believe has just been sacked by the leader of the opposition

1:27.3

for secret plots to defect to the party opposite.

1:31.1

I wonder if he wants to ask him if he's flapping in the wind.

1:35.3

Conservative MPs didn't refer to the sacking,

1:38.1

but a little later the leader of the Commons, Sir Alan Campbell,

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