Mark Reckless Quits Ukip To Rejoin Conservative Group
Tory defector Mark Reckless has dramatically quit Ukip and re-joined the Conservatives in the Welsh Assembly.
The former Ukip MP, who famously defected to Nigel Farage’s party from the Tories back in 2014, said he was switching because “for me it is job done now that Article 50 has been triggered”.
He is now facing calls from remaining senior Ukip figures to stand down as a Welsh Assembly Member, the position he took up after being ousted as an MP at the 2015 general election.
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