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Farage: I am delighted to announce our new minster for prepare for government is Danny kruger.
Danny Kruger; The conservative party is over.
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Danny Kruger MP
Danny Kruger is a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for East Wiltshire, having been first elected in 2019.
He is the son of Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith and has been a vocal opponent of assisted dying legislation.
Kruger has been involved in various political activities, including serving as co-chairman of the New Conservatives, a right-wing faction within the Conservative Party, and previously working as David Cameron’s chief speechwriter.
He has also been a political secretary to Boris Johnson.
Kruger is currently under investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog for potential breaches related to the funding of the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on dying well, which he chaired from 2021 until early 2025.
The investigation concerns alleged failures to promptly register donations totaling £55,801 from three Christian pressure groups linked to the evangelical right, including Care Not Killing, which provided £22,500 that was not registered until January 2024, a delay of 564 days.
The watchdog's inquiry focuses on the registration of interests and the publication of income and expenditure statements by the APPG.
Kruger, who is no longer the chair, has not commented publicly on the allegations, as is standard for MPs under investigation.
In the House of Commons, Kruger has consistently voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which aims to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults in England and Wales who have mental capacity and are expected to die within six months.
On 26 February 2025, he voted in favour of the bill during its fifteenth sitting, making him one of only two Conservative MPs to do so against the party majority.
However, on 12 March 2025, he voted against the bill during its twenty-third sitting, aligning with the majority of his party.
Kruger has expressed concern about the rising popularity of Reform UK, a right-wing party, which he believes is eroding Conservative support, particularly among male voters.
He has acknowledged that Reform UK’s criticisms of the Conservative Party are "mostly valid" but rejected the idea of cooperation, calling Reform a "destructive force" that seeks to replace the Conservatives.
In the 2024 general election, Kruger won with 35.7% of the vote, a decrease of 30.2 percentage points from his previous result, while Labour’s Rob Newman came second with 25.7%.