Senedd’s Laura Anne Jones defects from Conservatives to Reform

Senedd politician Laura Anne Jones has defected from the Conservatives to Reform, party leader Nigel Farage has announced.

Jones becomes the party’s first Member of the Senedd (MS) and is Reform’s highest profile defection in Wales.

She said she could no longer justify Conservative policies on the doorstep, and that her former party found out she was leaving as the press conference was unfolding.

The announcement prompted anger among Welsh Tories – Senedd Conservative leader Darren Millar said voters in her region of South Wales East will feel “very let down by her announcement”.

At a news conference Jones declined to rule herself out of being leader of the party…