Reform UK is a “serious political force” whose recent polling surge would end with Nigel Farage as Prime Minister, far-left activists have admitted.
In an email to supporters after yesterday’s landmark YouGov/Sky News poll which saw Reform soar to standalone first place, campaign group Hope Not Hate have warned that Farage’s party “is positioning itself as a serious political force”.
The group also conducted its own MRP polling – which translates nationwide voting intention into an estimate of seat counts per party.
It found that the party could be just three per cent away from placing 169 MPs in the Commons.
The message reads: “When I got the results back from our latest polling, I’ll be honest – I felt a real sense of alarm.
“We knew that Reform UK was gaining grouund, but we didn’t realise just how far they’d come.”
In a slap-down of Kemi Badenoch’s remarks on Friday, the group added that “this is no longer a protest vote or a passing trend – Reform UK is positioning itself as a serious political force”.
“We cannot afford to underestimate this threat,” supporters are told. “If their surge continues, this ends with Nigel Farage in Downing Street… This would be a disaster.”
Hope Not Hate also claims that the party is “far-right”, “scapegoats asylum seekers and Muslims”, and “champions policies rooted in hate”.
And in a last-ditch rallying call to try and “push back” against Reform, the email warns that the party is “accelerating” and “building a ruthless campaign machine behind the scenes”.
GB News has approached Hope Not Hate and Reform UK for comment.
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Smyth failed to say whether voice coach Leonie Mellinger qualified as a key worker at the time – but said the then-Labour leader was working to prepare for interviews in the run up to Brexit.
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Leonie Mellinger was brought into Downing Street
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Sir Keir Starmer’s voice coach is reported to have travelled more than 50 miles across lockdown tiers to meet him whilst strict Stay at Home orders were in place, raising fresh questions about potential Covid rule breaches.
Leonie Mellinger, an actress and communications coach, made the journey from Brighton to London on Christmas Eve 2020 when the capital was under Tier 4 restrictions.
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