A political analyst predicts Reform UK will win a significant number of seats in the next UK election, potentially even securing a majority. He cites a recent poll showing Reform UK with a four-point lead over both Labour and the Conservatives. The analyst also criticizes the policies of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
That would equate to a landslide victory and would be just a few seats short of the majority of 412BBC’s Radio 4′s Political Thinking podcast
he thinks Reform “will win between 350 and 400 members of parliament” at the next election, which has to be held before August 2029.on Thursday that Reform had a four-point lead over the other two main parties on 29%, while Labour had 25% and the Tories lagged behind on 18%.He said the increase in net migration during Johnson’s time in office was “a total betrayal of everybody who voted for
He added: “He took public spending close to Soviet Union spending. So there was nothing Conservative about him.”went on to win a landslide victory and the Brexit Party did not secure a single seat in the Commons.
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