Robert Jenrick Is Not the Answer – He’s Part of the Problem

Let's be brutally honest from the off: the Conservative Party is in a death spiral, and pinning our hopes on Robert Jenrick as its next leader would be like handing the wheel of a sinking ship to one of the crew who helped drill the holes. I've got nothing personal against the man – in fact, I quite like him. He's articulate, he's sharpened up his act, and on paper, his tough talk on immigration and borders sounds like music to the ears of anyone fed up with the endless influx of migrants. But here's the rub: Jenrick is inescapably tainted by 14 years of Tory betrayal, lies, and sheer gutlessness. No matter how much he reinvents himself, he's part of the machine that broke Britain. And that machine isn't fixable from within.

Think about it. Jenrick wasn't always the firebrand he's styling himself as now. Back in the day, he was dubbed "Generic Jenrick" by his own colleagues – a bland, centrist operator with no discernible political philosophy beyond climbing the greasy pole. He voted Remain and backed Theresa May's Brexit deal not once but three times.

Then, suddenly, like Saul on the road to Damascus, he has this epiphany: mass migration is a disaster, we need to quit the ECHR, and the boats must stop. I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, but it’s convenient, isn't it? Especially when the Tory right is scrambling for a saviour after the electoral hammering of 2024.

Don't get me wrong – his recent rhetoric hits the spot. Slashing net migration to the tens of thousands, deporting illegal arrivals within days, rebuilding a state that actually works rather than one that fails spectacularly. It's the kind of stuff that makes you nod along vigorously. But here's where the irony kicks in, with a side of hypocrisy for good measure: everything we despise about this country happened on the Tories' watch. The borders thrown wide open, record net migration figures ballooning to over 700,000 a year, the small boats turning the Channel into a ferry service for illegal economic migrants – all of it unfolded while the Conservatives were in power. They promised to cut immigration time and again, manifesto after manifesto, and what did we get? Lies, excuses, and a civil service they were too gutless to take on - in fact they cheered it on. The Home Office became an ineffective, politicised, black hole of bureaucracy, judges blocked deportations left and right, and the party did sod all about it because the wet liberals in their ranks – the One Nation brigade – wouldn't let them.

Expand that thought, because it bears repeating: everything we despise about this country happened on the Tories' watch. The NHS waiting lists stretching into eternity despite billions poured in, taxes at a 70-year high while public services crumble, energy bills rocketing because of their obsession with Net Zero and dithering on fracking and nuclear.

And that's not even touching on how they allowed the left to infiltrate our once-trusted institutions. Woke ideology has infected the education system, turning classrooms into indoctrination hubs for gender fluidity and critical race theory, poisoning young minds with division rather than knowledge. Two-tier policing and two-tier justice flourished under their watch – think of the riots where certain groups got a slap on the wrist while ordinary Brits faced the full weight of the law. The Tories saw this rot setting in and did precisely nothing about it. This is on them.

And let's not forget the recent crackdown on free speech that started brewing under their noses. The Online Safety Act, rammed through in 2023, handed Ofcom sweeping powers to police online content, all in the name of protecting us from "harm." It was the Tories who set the stage for social media giants to censor dissent, for arrests over tweets, and for a chilling effect on debate. They talked a good game on British values and free expression, but when push came to shove, they bowed to the woke blob and the human rights lawyers. Now, under Labour, it's gone full throttle, but the foundations were laid by the very party Jenrick almost certainly wants to lead. Hypocrisy? You bet. It's like watching an arsonist complain about the fire brigade being late.

Look at the polling – it's appalling, and deservedly so. The Conservatives are languishing at around 18-20% on the poll tracker, trailing Labour by single digits even after Starmer's colossal clusterf*ck since taking office. Reform UK is now consistently polling around 30%, siphoning off the disillusioned right-wing vote that the Tories abandoned and now scooping up lots of traditional Labour voters.

Why? Because people have had enough of the endless cycle of promise and failure. The 2024 election wipeout wasn't a blip; it was a reckoning. And yet, the party seems hell-bent on repeating the same mistakes.

Believe it or not, Kemi Badenoch is still the leader of the Conservative Party, but barely worth mentioning because she is practically invisible. Her non-committal, zero policy strategy is a disaster, she wont even commit to leaving the ECHR. So understandably, Robert Jenrick is widely tipped to lead the Conservatives into the next election.

He's positioned himself as the anti-establishment figure, the one who'll take on the blob and deliver real change. But here's the catch – he won't. The Tory Party is riddled with wets, centrists, and careerists who'll block him at every turn. We've seen it before: Boris promised the world on Brexit and borders, but as soon he was elected him and Priti Patel lowered the salary threshold and opened the floodgates. Sunak talked tough on migration, then presided over record highs.

Jenrick might mean well – and as I say, I do like the bloke – but the Conservatives have proven time and again they don't have the balls to do what needs to be done. They'll tinker around the edges, cave to the civil service, and leave the boats coming because leaving the ECHR or freezing migration would upset too many of their own. Frankly, the Conservative Party is finished; it's a husk of what it once was, incapable of the radical overhaul Britain desperately needs.

That's why talents like Jenrick – and Suella Braverman – would be far better served jumping ship to Reform UK. She's got the fire, the unapologetic conservatism, and the track record of calling out the failures – even if it cost her the Home Office job. Imagine her alongside Nigel Farage, or even with Jenrick in tow: a powerhouse team that could potentially galvanise the right and force real reform. They're not afraid to say what needs saying, unlike the mealy-mouthed Tories who tiptoe around the issues.

Ultimately, this isn't just about personalities; it's about breaking the stranglehold of the two-party system that's dominated Britain for over a century. A century of entitled rule by Labour and the Tories, swapping places while the country slides into mediocrity. We've had enough of the Uniparty – high taxes, low growth, Net Zero madness, cultural erosion, and a state that serves itself rather than the people.

If a third party like Reform wins the next election – and it’s looking likely – it could lead to profound change in the UK. Seeing a party other than Labour or Conservative win the next election will fundamentally change how we view politics. It will be the biggest political event of our lifetimes.

I can’t stress this enough. We must NOT let the two main parties win the next election. I honestly don’t think this country can survive any more of this. It’s a struggle to see how we survive until the next election without this country falling apart, but survive we must.

It's time for something radical, something that shakes the foundations. Jenrick might seem like the answer to some, but trust me – he's part of the problem.

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