The Robert Jenrick Interview
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4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Laura speaks to Reform’s newest MP, Robert Jenrick, in his first full interview after he was sacked by the Conservatives and hired by Reform just over 24 hours ago.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | Hello, it's Friday the 16th of January, which is Robert Jenrick's first full day as a member of Reform, UK, having sensationally defected from the Conservatives. |
| 0:15.5 | Or they would say they fired him first after the uncovered evidence that he was going to leave them and join Nigel Farage's |
| 0:21.7 | band of merry men and women. What's happened on Friday is that Laura Coonsberg has sat down |
| 0:26.9 | for an exclusive interview with Robert Jenrick covering the timing and the reasons for his departure |
| 0:32.7 | and what he's actually going to do now that he's a member of Reform. So what you'll hear now |
| 0:37.4 | is Laura's interview with Robert Jen's a member of reform. So what you'll hear now is Laura's |
| 0:38.2 | interview with Robert Jenrick, member of Reform UK. Newscast from the BBC. Fat boy sliver me |
| 0:45.9 | in the classroom doing our violin lessons. I was the tattle tail in the class. Can I have an |
| 0:49.8 | apology, please? I trust almost nobody. That daddy has to sometimes do strong language. |
| 0:55.0 | Next time in Moscow. |
| 0:56.0 | I feel delulu with no salulu. |
| 0:58.0 | Take me down to Downey Street. |
| 1:00.0 | Let's go have a tour. |
| 1:02.0 | Blimey. |
| 1:03.0 | Robert Jenric, we will talk about how you came to this huge decision and what might be next for you. |
| 1:08.0 | But first, I just wonder, when you looked in the mirror this morning after decades in the |
| 1:12.6 | Tory party, and yesterday you were pushed out before you jumped, you were sacked. |
| 1:17.6 | Do you think it went well? |
| 1:19.6 | Well, it was a hell of a day. |
| 1:21.6 | It was a huge day and it managed to go to it's a difficult one for me because I've been a member of this political party, the Conservative Party, since I was 16 years of age. |
| 1:31.3 | I have so many friends and good colleagues within it. |
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