Richard Tice has said Reform UK is "on the way up", warning Rishi Sunak that his party is now the "real opposition" to Labour.
Speaking ahead of the by-election result in Blackpool South, the Reform leader said he thinks the party will beat the Tories to second place.
By-election result: Richard Tice reacting on GB News
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While he accepted that Labour is likely to win the seat, he said: "It'll be our best by-election by a considerable margin and this just reinforces that frankly we're on the way up, the Tories are on the way down."
He added: "We are fast becoming the real opposition - in red wall seats, in the north of England and, indeed, I think in the Midlands - to the Labour Party."
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