Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party could receive a mass of Tory voters
This week the Tories will face the first of two elections next month, in what could be a disastrous set of polls for Britain’s current governing party. Local council elections will take place on Thursday with the Tories expected to lose up to a fifth of their councillors. Later in the month, Mr Farage looks set to win the EU Parliament election as over a 50 percent share of Tory voters intend to back his newly formed party.
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