Overview
- During a GB News interview, Chris Philp could not name the Welsh Conservative leader and conceded “the name escapes me” before being told it is Darren Millar.
- The exchange followed a heavy defeat in Caerphilly, where Plaid Cymru won 47.4%, Reform took 36%, Labour 11%, and the Conservatives 2%.
- Darren Millar has led the Welsh Conservatives in the Senedd since December, succeeding Andrew RT Davies after his resignation.
- Pressed on the party’s position, Philp argued the Conservatives are governing for the whole country and cited welfare savings, stamp duty changes, action on illegal migration, and police recruitment.
- In separate interviews, Philp first declined on the BBC to call Reform MP Sarah Pochin’s remarks racist, then told LBC the way she made them was racist.