Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick for “plotting in secret to defect” from the Conservative Party. The Tory leader said she had been presented with “clear, irrefutable evidence” that the shadow justice secretary had been planning to quit her top team. The Telegraph understands that the Tories found a copy of Mr Jenrick’s resignation letter. Allister Heath, the Telegraph's Sunday Editor, offices his analysis on why this may be a good move for Badenoch in the short-term but could have