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Farage would be better PM than Starmer, voters say for first time
The Telegraph ^ | 28 October 2025 | Gordon Rayner

Posted on 10/28/2025 3:13:51 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Nigel Farage has overtaken Sir Keir Starmer as the nation’s preferred choice of prime minister for the first time.

The Reform UK leader is seen as a better candidate to lead the country by 33 per cent of people, compared with 30 per cent who prefer Sir Keir, a poll shows.

A monthly tracker of political preferences by Ipsos, the polling firm, also shows that Andy Burnham, the mayor for Greater Manchester, is favoured over Sir Keir as a better prime minister.

Meanwhile, Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative Party leader, appears to be enjoying a post-conference bump with voters choosing the Tories over Labour when asked which party they prefer.

The polling is likely to add to speculation that Sir Keir could face a leadership challenge before next May’s local elections, which are expected to result in big losses for Labour.

Although the party’s rules do not allow for MPs to remove their leader, who is directly elected by the membership, Sir Keir could stand down if the Parliamentary Labour Party sees him as a liability.

As recently as July, the Prime Minister led Mr Farage by eight percentage points in the Ipsos monthly poll. A separate YouGov poll found Labour has hit its lowest-ever poll rating after falling to just 17 per cent of the vote, some 10 percentage points behind Reform UK and just one point ahead of the Greens.

However, the Reform leader’s relentless campaigning on immigration and crime, coupled with a lacklustre Labour Party conference and fears of more tax rises in next month’s Budget, have seen support for Sir Keir ebb away.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: keirstarmer; keirsteamer; thesteamer
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1 posted on 10/28/2025 3:13:51 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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Time for Labour to cook up some lawfare to put Farage in jail or bar him from running again.


2 posted on 10/28/2025 3:17:32 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Farage is better than almost any alternative. But I doubt he has the will to do what is necessary.


3 posted on 10/28/2025 3:20:27 PM PDT by marron
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To: MinorityRepublican

a blow up sex toy would be a better PM than the one they have.


4 posted on 10/28/2025 3:23:09 PM PDT by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
Time for Labour to cook up some lawfare to put Farage in jail or bar him from running again.

Wouldn't surprise me in the least.

5 posted on 10/28/2025 3:23:16 PM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

> Nigel Farage has overtaken Sir Keir Starmer as the nation’s preferred choice of prime minister <

Interesting. And it will make the Labour Party bosses laugh. They might replace Starmer with a duplicate if this trend continues.

But Labour probably won’t call for a general election before August of 2029. That’s plenty of time for them to turn Britain into something completely unrecognizable.

🙁


6 posted on 10/28/2025 3:24:27 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: marron
But I doubt he has the will to do what is necessary.

He's no Trump.

Farage is more likely to be a clone of Boris Johnson.

7 posted on 10/28/2025 3:25:28 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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But then a can of spotted dick* would also be a better prime minister than Starmer.

*It's a British desert. Don't blame me for the name.

8 posted on 10/28/2025 3:30:34 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (I pray that the sleeping giant has finally awakened and been filled with a terrible resolve.)
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To: marron; All

We’ve all known this since 2016 BREXIT.


9 posted on 10/28/2025 3:31:44 PM PDT by Cobra64 (ECommon sense isn’t common anymore. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

My Dalmatian would be a better PM than Starmer - at least she defends her territory from approaching strangers, and fiercely defends those she is supposed to defend. Starmer might be more polite and groom himself a bit better, but those aren’t the most important duties of a PM.


10 posted on 10/28/2025 3:39:32 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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For the last few years, it always seems as though Britain is only 10 short weeks away from yet another national election.
How long before they choose between Farage, Starmer and ‘others’?


11 posted on 10/28/2025 3:42:48 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: MinorityRepublican

Starmer’s policies are wrecking ball radical it’s like he’s paving the way for Nigel.


12 posted on 10/28/2025 3:45:12 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER REV; NIEMOLLER)
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To: marron

Nigel needs to be the nice guy drinking his beer at the pub.

His associates can do the “Tommy Robinson” stuff and I think Reform UK has people in it willing to do crackdowns on illegal immigration and or Islamic extremism.


13 posted on 10/28/2025 3:48:30 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER REV; NIEMOLLER)
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Labour was given a vote of confidence proof majority. They are stuck with a Labour PM for years. King cuck could force an election but 0 chance of that happening.


14 posted on 10/28/2025 3:49:50 PM PDT by iamgalt
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Not anymore. The King needs the PM’s permission to call an election.


15 posted on 10/28/2025 3:59:46 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Brits finally getting a clue.


16 posted on 10/28/2025 4:31:21 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: iamgalt

One possible problem would be a split in the Labour ranks if Starmer is forced to cut welfare programs the Left will break off of Labour.

A split could open the way for an early election.


17 posted on 10/28/2025 4:47:58 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER REV; NIEMOLLER)
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To: HYPOCRACY

Not that it matters but l thought the knig could dissolve Parliament which would force an election


18 posted on 10/28/2025 4:49:08 PM PDT by iamgalt
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To: MinorityRepublican

Farage’s gardener would be a better PM than Starmer.


19 posted on 10/28/2025 4:56:17 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, the Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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mark


20 posted on 10/28/2025 5:11:00 PM PDT by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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