Farage Top Choice, Reform Win Seats & Shock Projection

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Stuart Mitchell/@IncMonocle

Will he or won’t he? Speculation continues as to what Nigel Farage’s next move could be.

The GB News host has made a considerable impact on the UK’s previously sterile broadcast media and ally Donald Trump is of course taking on Joe Biden to become US President again.

Alongside all of that are constant questions about Nigel potentially returning to frontline politics and taking an active role in Reform UK.

Clearly Conservative Party members would love to see a Farage return. He topped the poll when Tory supporters were recently asked who they wanted to lead their party.

27% backed Farage compared to 23% of Conservative members supporting Penny Mordaunt with Party Leader Rishi Sunak coming third on 19%.

Head-to-head, Tory members prefer Farage to Sunak 55-45. No wonder so many Conservative MPs are nervous.

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The Reform Party did manage to pick up a few Council seats in Havant in a clear example of a local breakthrough for the party.

Reform’s Sharon Collings actually beat the local Conservative Leader to win her seat.

And there was success in London as well, where the party got an Assembly Member elected.

Alex Wilson is now an elected AM for Reform after the party received an impressive 145,000 votes in the London-wide list vote. Just under 6% of the vote secured the party that seat.