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, conducted on Sunday and Monday, put the right-wing party on 25%, a point ahead of Labour on 24% and four ahead of the Tories on 21%.The findings are another boost for Reform leader Nigel Farage - and will increase Labour and Tory worries ahead of the local elections in May.with more party members than the Tories, shared the results on X last night with the caption: “Britain wants Reform.
Badenoch is also less popular with the public than Farage, with a favourability rating of minus 29, compared to the Reform leader’s minus 27.Prime minister Keir Starmer is more unpopular than either of them, with a score of minus 36. Nevertheless, health minister Karin Smyth remained optimistic when responding to the results on Times Radio this morning.
She said: “We had a very big poll seven months ago, I’ve been in politics a long time, I’ve seen a lot of polls come and go. “I think it particularly highlights the dire state of the Conservative Party at the moment as well, it’s a volatile time in politics, we understand that.”She also noted that there has been a rise around the world in “populism”, adding: “We have to keep focused on changing the country as we committed to seven months ago, and cracking on with that.
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