‘The Conservative party is over.’ Until recently, such talk could be dismissed in Westminster as typical Nigel Farage hyperbole. But the decision of Danny Kruger to defect to Reform UK this week has left some Tories wondering if their party’s condition is fatal. When we meet in his new party’s headquarters, Kruger is reflecting on the brutal business of politics. ‘I don’t think any political party should be setting its sights on instigating a Christian revival,’ he says. So yes, I think he’d be with Nigel.’ As he departs, Farage wanders around the office, chuckling over party membership figures.