{"id":120664,"date":"2023-11-02T10:49:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T10:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=120664"},"modified":"2023-11-02T10:49:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T10:49:05","slug":"tory-mps-confess-reform-uk-is-bigger-threat-than-labour-after-bombshell-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/politics\/tory-mps-confess-reform-uk-is-bigger-threat-than-labour-after-bombshell-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Tory MPs confess Reform UK is bigger threat than Labour after bombshell poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard Tice delivers first Reform UK speech of 2023<\/h3>\n

Despite Labour\u2019s large lead in the polls, new analysis suggests their biggest problem is in fact Reform UK.<\/p>\n

The right-wing, pro-border control party, was formed out of Nigel Farage\u2019s old Brexit Party after Britain left the EU, and is led by former MEP Richard Tice.<\/p>\n

According to a new YouGov poll of a whopping 5,621 voters, 11 percent of 2019 Tory voters would now back Labour, but 12 percent plump with Reform UK.<\/p>\n

The poll, commissioned by Sky News, shows just 40 percent of the Tories\u2019 voters at the last election would still vote Conservative, compared to 23 percent who say they don\u2019t know and 7 percent who would refuse to turn out to the polls.<\/p>\n

Reform leader Richard Tice told the Express: “More and more voters, as they learn about Reform and, feel that our policies are the ones to save Britain\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The lack of outright support for Sir Keir Starmer continues to give some Tories hope they can turn the ship around over the next year.<\/p>\n

2019 Tory voters also overwhelmingly prefer Rishi Sunak over Keir Starmer, with the PM garnering a +7 net approval rating compared to Sir Keir\u2019s -61.<\/p>\n

However immigration continues to be a thorn in the Conservatives\u2019 side with their previous voters.<\/p>\n

YouGov\u2019s Patrick English said the results provided polling data on a \u201ccrucial set of voters\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said: “They care about the issues the Conservatives want to talk about, such as immigration, to a much greater extent than those who are ready to make the jump to Labour.<\/p>\n

“And that’s why at the moment we think only around one in 10 of them are telling us that they’re seriously considering voting Labour at the next election.”<\/p>\n

Reform UK recently dealt the Tories a serious blow in the Tamworth by-election, with their 5.4 percent vote share denying the Tories the seat.<\/p>\n

Reform\u2019s Ian Cooper won 1,376 votes – 60 more than Labour\u2019s majority over the Conservatives.<\/p>\n

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