7 times Nigel Farage and his new best mate Robert Jenrick fell out – POLITICO

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“Don’t forget…this is Robert Generic. This is Robert the Remainer. This is the Robert the ‘I don’t stand particularly for anything at all’ who suddenly appears to be … on this Damascene conversion.”

May 2025: Jenrick says Farage has had too many pints

It cuts both ways. Jenrick has been happy to throw the odd insult Farage’s way too.

Lambasting Reform’s social security policy, the ex-Tory got personal: “Has he cooked this up after one too many pints at his local?,” Jenrick asked. “Has a joint found its way into his usual pack of Marlboro Golds?”

August 2025: Jenrick claims he’s got Farage rattled

Farage and Jenrick traded blows last summer amid heated protests over a hotel housing irregular migrants in Essex.

Farage labeled Jenrick “no friend” of the English town of Epping after the then shadow justice secretary visited a rally outside the Bell Hotel.

“When Robert Jenrick was immigration minister he grew the number of illegal migrants living in free hotels to 56,000,” tweeted Farage with a one minute video to boot.