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Nigel Farage set to win Clacton (district) ‘with biggest swing in modern history’
The Times ^ | June 19 | The Times

Posted on 06/19/2024 6:45:26 AM PDT by RandFan

Nigel Farage is on course to win the Clacton seat with the biggest swing in modern electoral history, a new poll has suggested.

The survey, commissioned by Arron Banks, a former Ukip donor, suggests that Farage will win 42 per cent of the vote in Clacton in Essex. The Tories are forecast to win 27 per cent and Labour 24 per cent.

Survation, the company that carried out the survey, said the scale of the projected swing from the Tories to Reform would be “extremely rare” and “unprecedented in modern electoral history”.

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Good. Farage will soon be in Parliament!
1 posted on 06/19/2024 6:45:26 AM PDT by RandFan
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The riots will begin in 3,2,1


2 posted on 06/19/2024 6:47:52 AM PDT by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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To: RandFan

Making plans for Nigel.


3 posted on 06/19/2024 6:48:55 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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They’d better secure their elections first.


4 posted on 06/19/2024 6:49:38 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: RandFan

Europe is beginning to see how evil woke culture has become. Meanwhile, the United States still can’t get enough of it, and the perceived virtue that supporters wrap themselves in.


5 posted on 06/19/2024 6:49:57 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: RandFan

Good, yes, but pretty sure the UK as we knew it is done. As the US soon will be if some serious action isn’t taken. Makes me think of a song I hated the minute I heard it. “Signs Signs Everywhere Signs” Entitled assclowns!


6 posted on 06/19/2024 6:50:17 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: RandFan

Go Farage!


7 posted on 06/19/2024 6:50:24 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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It was done when the Tories ditched Enoch Powell.


8 posted on 06/19/2024 6:50:58 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: RandFan

Why do you link a story that is behind a pay wall?


9 posted on 06/19/2024 6:51:49 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: mewzilla

Is there any evidence that UK elections are insecure?


10 posted on 06/19/2024 6:51:57 AM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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To: tennmountainman

I got a glimpse and enough to copy/paste a bit of text


11 posted on 06/19/2024 6:52:53 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: dfwgator

> Making plans for Nigel. <

The US Deep State doesn’t want Trump to return to power. And the UK Deep State doesn’t want Farage to gain power. Neither organization will just quietly back off.


12 posted on 06/19/2024 6:57:56 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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They cant really cheat when he’s 20 points ahead


13 posted on 06/19/2024 6:59:00 AM PDT by RandFan
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> They cant really cheat when he’s 20 points ahead <

Right. The UK Deep State will allow Farage to take his seat in Parliament. As you noted, he’s too far ahead to stop. But they will do all they can to stop him from going further.

In other words, the UK needs a Prime Minister Farage. Sad to say, they probably won’t get it.


14 posted on 06/19/2024 7:02:51 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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I like Nigel.

I’m going into Kipling now, maybe a not so deep dive.....


15 posted on 06/19/2024 7:07:39 AM PDT by waterhill (I Believe! Eph. 5:11)
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pardon my ignorance

.....Nigel is with Reform party ?....which is separate from —or affiliated with —the Tories, Labour ??


16 posted on 06/19/2024 7:10:55 AM PDT by chiller (Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'll go ahead.)
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Make England Great Again


17 posted on 06/19/2024 7:17:09 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races you do not like.)
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No it’s their own party. He’s the leader of Reform.


18 posted on 06/19/2024 7:21:00 AM PDT by RandFan
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Too little too late.


19 posted on 06/19/2024 7:23:52 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: bray

Catching YouTube shorts of Monty python I am not so sure it will happen. Sadly....


20 posted on 06/19/2024 7:40:33 AM PDT by waterhill (I Believe! Eph. 5:11)
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