00:00And on that note, I will welcome Robert Jenrick into this room and into Reform UK.
00:11Hello. He hasn't changed his mind, has he?
00:16We can't find him.
00:25Is he coming, Nick?
00:30It's been a funny, oh, this would be a very funny end of the day, wouldn't it?
00:35This really would put the tin lid on the whole thing.
00:42As you can tell, normally, when I unveil defections, it's all perfectly planned.
00:47Nothing ever leaks, and I'm known for nothing ever leaking.
00:50But this circumstance has been sprung upon us for reasons that were not under my own control, sadly.
00:56Do we play music now, or what are we doing?
01:05Okay, folks, don't worry. I've just had the thumbs up. He hasn't changed his mind.
01:10Kemi hasn't called him and asked him back.
01:11Oddly, she never called him in the first place. She left it to the chief whip to do so, which I did find very, very odd.
01:20But, yeah, as I say, one more point before he comes.
01:23There's a lot of speculation in the media about who may or may not defect to us.
01:27Are they doing it for their own purposes? Are they a benefit to us?
01:31May the 7th, folks, if you're in Parliament, is the deadline.
01:35If you're coming to us, do it before May the 7th. We don't want you after that.
01:39Let me make that very, very clear to everybody in the room.
01:44Here he is, Robert Gendrick.
01:45Thank you, Robert Gendrick.
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