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Reform take 15 point-lead over Labour
The Spectator ^ | 29 August 2025 | James Heale

Posted on 08/29/2025 6:19:14 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Party conference begins next week when Reform UK kick off their two-day jamboree in Birmingham. Spirits within Nigel Farage’s party are high after a successful summer in which they dominated the recess period with a well-executed ‘flood the zone’ media strategy. A steady drumbeat of weekly announcements culminated on Tuesday when Reform’s long-awaited deportation strategy was unveiled. Now, the party has received a further boost with a new poll for the i paper which gives them their highest polling to date: Reform 35, Labour 20, Conservatives 17 per cent.

This is the first time Reform has hit 35 points. Polling averages are what matters most but today’s survey is a statement nonetheless. Party strategists for months have hoped that they can hit the magic 40 mark – a figure which would virtually guarantee a comfortable working majority at any general election. Hitting that milestone looked ambitious four months ago; now it appears to be a real possibility. Particularly gratifying for both Farage and former chairman Zia Yusuf is the public’s reaction to their deportation plan. Some 39 per cent of all voters say it is ‘likely’ that Reform can carry out its strategy to deport 600,000 people if elected, compared to 29 per cent against.

Figures in both Labour and the Conservatives hope that ‘the summer of Farage’ will draw to an end once parliament returns from recess on Monday. But Reform conference offers the Clacton MP the chance to grab the spotlight once more. Part of the party’s appeal lies in its ability to do things differently and deviate from standard political norms. The Birmingham bonanza offers the chance for Reform to showcase fresh faces – more women, younger members and regional voices too.

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


TOPICS: United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: farage; uk
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1 posted on 08/29/2025 6:19:14 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Since the election isn’t for another 4 years, that and a nickle buys a nice hot cup of jack squat.


2 posted on 08/29/2025 6:19:45 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Parliament might decide to suspend elections in order to “save democracy.”


3 posted on 08/29/2025 6:22:04 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: dfwgator

By 2029, the UK will declare war on Russia to defend Ukraine for the rally ‘round the flag effect just in time for the election.


4 posted on 08/29/2025 6:22:13 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Wouldn’t shock me in the least.


5 posted on 08/29/2025 6:22:36 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Labour is digging themselves a whole with their response to the immigration crisis.


6 posted on 08/29/2025 6:22:47 PM PDT by Petrosius
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To: MinorityRepublican

Good, now lets make it 30 points !

This needs to be an extinction event !!!


7 posted on 08/29/2025 6:23:49 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad
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Labour is digging themselves a whole with their response to the immigration crisis.

They're even worse at this than Biden.

They're not incompetent.

It's all intentional.

8 posted on 08/29/2025 6:24:09 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: dfwgator

isnt a no confidence vote possible?


9 posted on 08/29/2025 6:25:36 PM PDT by joshua c
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To: joshua c

The Tories don’t want it either, because they’ll suffer the same fate as Labour.


10 posted on 08/29/2025 6:26:12 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Labour will hopefully all be beheaded by then.


11 posted on 08/29/2025 6:26:14 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

“ Now, the party has received a further boost with a new poll for the i paper which gives them their highest polling to date: Reform 35, Labour 20, Conservatives 17 per cent.”

As my beloved grandma used to say, “That and a nickel will get you on the subway”

There’s no election in the UK until 2029. And Labour has a 400 seat majority.


12 posted on 08/29/2025 6:26:49 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: joshua c
isnt a no confidence vote possible?

Yes but with 398 seats they can ignore public opinion and hold out until 2029.

13 posted on 08/29/2025 6:27:55 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: dfwgator

> Since the election isn’t for another 4 years… <

You beat me to it. If Labour was governing as part of a shaky coalition, an early election might be possible. But Labour has a comfortable majority in Parliament.

Labour might decide to replace Starmer as prime minister. But his replacement will be one just like him. “Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.”

Labour has all the power. They can easily destroy what’s left of the UK in those four years.


14 posted on 08/29/2025 6:30:15 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: Leaning Right

And the Tories don’t want it neither.


15 posted on 08/29/2025 6:30:57 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

“Since the election isn’t for another 4 years, that and a nickle buys a nice hot cup of jack squat”

Yep, four years is to late. Best start the revolution sooner than later.


16 posted on 08/29/2025 6:31:36 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: Leaning Right

Labour might decide to replace Starmer as prime minister. But his replacement will be one just like him. “Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.”


It might be Sadiq Khan.


17 posted on 08/29/2025 6:32:38 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Leaning Right
Labour might decide to replace Starmer as prime minister. But his replacement will be one just like him. “Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.”

Nothing will change except the new boss may be more charismatic.

18 posted on 08/29/2025 6:33:50 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

This was fun to watch, though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nQ2OgY9EGM


19 posted on 08/29/2025 6:33:59 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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It has been documented that one of Reform’s 12 million voters said he believes that only 5 Million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, not the generally accepted number of 6 Million Jews.

EUROPEAN GOVERNMENT REACTION TO ABOVE:

“The above voter is thus a Holocaust denier and therefore is a Fascist. Since he supports Reform, that PROVES that Reform is a Fascist party, and therefore Reform will be BANNED.”


20 posted on 08/29/2025 6:35:11 PM PDT by BobL
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