Posted on 06/13/2024 5:48:53 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A shock new poll has put Reform UK ahead of the Conservative Party for the first time ever.
The party, led by Nigel Farage who is standing in the Essex seaside constituency of Clacton-on-Sea, is polling at 19% - up two points.
According to the poll by YouGov for The Times, the Conservatives have stalled at 18%, while Labour is 19 points ahead at 37%. The Liberal Democrats were down one point at 14%.
Mr Farage, taking part in a seven-way debate, said in his introduction: "I am Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK.
Just before we came on air we overtook the Conservatives in the national opinion polls. We are now the opposition to Labour."
The news comes as a fresh blow for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who has ran an unfortunate campaign right from the moment he called the shock election in the pouring.
Early last week, he sparked outrage after deciding to to leave D-Day commemorations in Normandy.
Following the poll annoucement, Reform UK reacted to the news on social media.
In a Twitter post, they described themselves as the "official opposition".
Earlier on Thursday, Farage told LBC he’d lead a 'centre-right' party and could stand against Labour, as he blames Cameron and Osborne for turning the Tories socialist democrat party.
The leader took aim at the current Conservative government, warning Nick Ferrari that "something new is going to emerge on the centre right."
"I don't know what it's called, but do I think I could end up leading a national opposition to a Labour party with a big majority, where I can stand up and hold them to account on issues? Yes," confirmed Mr Farage.
It follows comments from Mr Farage explaining that the reasons he had been targeted twice while on the campaign trail for Reform UK was because he challenges the...
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so if the rest of the conservative supporters would go to Reform, they would be tied with Labor.
There is no conservative party in the UK. There is the American communist Democratic party (Tory), and others to the left of them.
Although both parties will lose, Reform will kill off the Tories. They may then merge into a new Center-Right party as happened in Canada with their “Reform” party. Reform being a nebulous and meaningless term.
“Elections have consequences and then everyone suffers the consequences” applies. ON STEROIDS!
> There is no conservative party in the UK. <
In a way, the Tories are like our own GOP elite. Both pretend to be something they’re not. And both are doing harm to their respective countries.
Trump might yet save the United States. Perhaps there is a chance Farage can save the UK. It won’t be easy in either case.
Certainly in GB “conservative” is a nebulous and meaningless term. If Reform adopts a coherent platform suddenly it has great meaning.
I need a scorecard.
The British Conservative Party = Our GOP RINOS.
Not sure it matters. The rot inside the Tory party is far worse than anything we see with the US Republican Party.
Reform will change its name, as the Canadian version did.
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