Reform's Jenrick Calls Conservative Leader Badenoch a "Fantasist" Over Meloni Meeting Claims

Reform UK MP Robert Jenrick accused Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch of telling "a pack of lies" about her meeting with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni, calling her a "fantasist" who "lives in a fantasy of her own making." Jenrick, who lost the Tory leadership race to Badenoch before defecting to Reform, also cited her disputed claim of a Stanford University offer at 16. Conservatives denied the allegations and pointed to a £5m donation to Nigel Farage.