Nigel Farage's right-wing populist party, Reform Britain, has soared to a record high in national opinion polls as Prime Minister Keir Starmer's left-wing Labor government collapses just over 100 days after winning a majority.
“It's only a matter of time before Reform leads in the national polls,” said Rupert Lowe, the Reform British MP, on Sunday in More in Common, where support for Mr Farage's party was at a record high. This was announced after the research was announced.
According to a survey of 2,000 people, support for the reforms is now 21 percent nationwide, up two points from the previous poll and the highest result ever recorded by the polling agency for an emerging populist party. It became.
Meanwhile, the ruling Labor Party's long-held lead in opinion polls has completely eroded since it took power in July. According to the survey, Labor's support has fallen to the same level as the lower-ranked Conservatives, with both parties now at 27%.
times of london reported Mr Starmer's allies are now privately concerned that the Reform Party could outperform Labor by the time voters return to the polls for next year's local elections.
Rather than targeting Tory supporters, Farage and the reforms will appeal to voters in the country's “red wall” working-class areas, which have traditionally supported Labor but mostly voted to leave the EU. The party has publicly stated that this is its main mission. The 2016 Brexit referendum raised concerns about mass immigration.
Prime Minister Starmer has vowed to “destroy the gangs” of smugglers smuggling illegal migrants across the English Channel, but the flow of ships ferrying foreigners to British shores continues unabated, with a left-wing party in power. Approximately 12,000 foreigners have arrived since taking office. That was a little over three months ago.
Starmer's government's failure to stem the tide of illegal immigration was cited by 22% of respondents as the new government's biggest failure, and the third biggest reason.
Amid the economic crisis and energy price crisis that continues to plague the UK, immigration failures were the only reason behind Labour's decision to scrap the winter fuel subsidy for pensioners, with 49% saying they would not approve of the move until now. cites it as the government's biggest failure.
In second place, at 32%, are prisoners being used to combat prison overcrowding and make room for those who took part in anti-immigration riots and protests over the summer following the Southport stabbing. Mr Starmer's plan was to release him early. Three girls were killed and several others were injured in the attack, which was allegedly carried out by second-generation Rwandan immigrants.
In addition, the government faces a growing scandal over “freebie” gifts that Starmer and senior government officials received from prominent Labor Party donors. Since taking over the leadership of the Labor Party, the prime minister has received more than £134,000 in gifts and entertainment from Labor peer Sir Waheed Ali, including “work clothes”, designer glasses and the use of the media tycoon's central London penthouse. He revealed what he had received. and Soho Townhouse.
In the wake of the scandal, leading MP Rosie Duffield accused the government of betraying the party's altruistic principles, saying the “sneakyness, nepotism and outright greed is insane”. I left the party.
Commenting on the poll results, Luke Trill, director of More in Common UK, said:
“The public is almost unanimous in saying the government has gotten off to a bad start, rating its performance a D-minus. Meanwhile, Keir Starmer’s approval ratings have waned as his lead in opinion polls has evaporated. .”
