POLL OF THE DAY: Is Reform a credible threat to the two main parties in Britain? YOUR VERDICT
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Reform UK could pose a credible threat to the two main political parties at the next general election after they received their highest vote share ever in the latest YouGov polling
According to the latest YouGov poll, the Conservatives came in at just 18 per cent while Reform crept up to 15 per cent.
Labour, meanwhile, is racing ahead with 44 per cent of the ballot, but with Reform's recent polling success, Richard Tice's party could take a chunk out of Starmer's numbers.
A separate poll of 3,400 Reform voters found their core issues ahead of the election to be immigration, the economy, British life, and Net zero policies.
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Some 31 per cent of Tory voters in 2019 have now transferred to Reform, while 32 per cent of Leave voters are opting for Tice’s party as it best reflects their views.
In an exclusive poll for GB News membership readers, an overwhelming majority (82 per cent) of the 503 voters thought Reform was a credible threat, while just 16 per cent thought no. Two per cent said they did not know.
Speaking to GB News' Tom Harwood, Nigel Farage pinpointed why he believes Reform UK has a real chance of winning seats at the general election.
“In 2015, the general election which I led UKIP into, the problem I faced was the perception that we were splitting the Conservative vote”, he said.
“We still got four million votes. Because of that, a couple of million people who might have voted for us didn’t, they might have feared a Labour-SNP coalition.
Nigel Farage has pinpointed why he believes Reform UK has a real chance of winning seats at the general election
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“Here is the difference. When voters go to the polls this year, the argument that a vote for Reform is a wasted vote has almost disappeared overnight in the Midlands, the North and I think South Wales is in that category.
“The Tories cannot win the election.
“The Tory press cannot squeeze the Reform vote because they are going to lose anyway.
The latest YouGov poll puts Reform just 3% behind the ToriesYouGov“Reform will be the challenger to the Labour Party. Labour are a long way ahead at the moment.
“Reform will need almost the whole Conservative vote with it to have a chance of winning those seats.
“The way politics is changing so quickly, I wouldn’t rule it out.”
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