Nadine Dorries has quit the Conservatives to join Reform UK, branding the Tory party “dead” a day before Reform’s conference in Birmingham. The ex-culture secretary praised Nigel Farage and said she’d wrestled with the decision for a year. Labour blasted her record and warned of more Tory chaos. The move lifts Reform’s profile as it polls around 10 points ahead of the Conservatives despite having only four MPs.