Posted on 02/16/2024 5:21:22 AM PST by RandFan
Reform UK has scored its best ever by-election [Special election] results, sending a clear warning to the Conservatives ahead of the next general election.
The rebranded Brexit Party won 13% of the votes in Wellingborough and 10.4% in Kingswood, roughly matching the levels it has been polling nationally.
BBC analysis of major opinion polls shows a marked increase in the party's support in recent months to an average of 10%, nearly double where it stood last year.
But until now, it has struggled to repeat this in elections.
The numbers suggest most of Reform's support in Thursday's by-elections came from the Conservatives, who lost the seats with big swings to Labour.
Analysis by polling expert Prof Sir John Curtice shows that, for every voter who has switched since 2019 from Conservative to Labour, there is another one that has switched to Reform UK.
Reform UK leader Richard Tice has said he wants to "smash" and "destroy" the Tory Party at the general election. He has insisted Reform UK would never consider repeating the Brexit Party's 2019 deal with the Conservatives - which saw it withdraw candidates in 317 constituencies after then-Tory leader Boris Johnson committed to leaving the EU by 2020.
Reform's pitch is to voters disaffected with both main parties - and Mr Tice has been equally scathing about Labour.
But the party's polices - including a far tougher line on immigration and scrapping the government's net zero commitments - are in tune with the views of many on the right of the Tory Party.
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“for every voter who has switched since 2019 from Conservative to Labour, there is another one that has switched to Reform UK.”
If you stand for nothing, as the British Conservative Party does, why would anyone want to vote for you?
UK Conservative Party = GOPe. Exactly the same.
The problem in Britain (just like here and every other Western country) is that the two major parties are both rotten to the core.
Exactly. They need to be destroyed.
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