A poll has found that Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party would win the most seats in parliament if the election were held today, as the party continues to gain ground against the Westminster establishment.
A survey of over 16,000 people from the More in Common think-tank has suggested a “dramatic transformation of the political landscape” has occurred since the general election last July that saw the left-wing Labour Party sweep to power after the collapse in support for the so-called Conservative Party over failures on the economy and migration.
The MRP (Multilevel Regression and Post-stratification) poll, which uses models to predict the outcomes in the 650 constituencies to determine the potential makeup of the next parliament, showed that Nigel Farage-led Reform UK is on pace to win the election with 180 seats. This would represent a staggering 175-seat increase over the election last year.
While the Labour and Conservative parties were tied with Reform in terms of overall support, with all three parties standing at 24 per cent, the two establishment parties came behind the upstart populist party in terms of parliamentary seats, with both projected to be on…
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