Reform UK is riding high in the polls, but the next general election not due for years.
Nigel Farage’s party is riding high in the polls (Image: Getty)
A shock new poll has revealed that Conservative Party members believe Nigel Farage will become prime minister. When asked for their assessment as to the chances of the Reform UK leader becoming the premier after a general election in either 2028 or 2029, by Conservative Home 53.9% of 590 polled thought it likely or highly likely, and 43.3% did not. Twice as many thought it highly likely than highly unlikely, with the lowest number of responses uncertain.
Reform’s director of policy, Zia Yusuf wrote on X: “The Tory party is dead. As is being proven in elections around the country, a vote for the Tories is a wasted vote. They will be annihilated again in May, and cease to be a national party. The only way to get secure borders, the deportation of illegals and to keep out the radical left is to vote Reform.”
Nathan Gill has been jailed for bribery offences (Image: Getty)
It comes as Mr Yusuf if set to address the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) on Monday.
The party’s former leader in Wales was jailed for taking bribes this week.
Nathan Gill was sentenced to 10-and-a-half years after he was paid £40,000 to make pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament.
Mr Yusuf said he “is a guy which, far as we’re concerned, is ancient history”.
The Prime Minister said Gill’s action “undermines our country” and called on Mr Farage to act.
Speaking to Sky News in South Africa at the G20 Summit, Sir Keir said: “Nigel Farage, he often has a lot to say.
“What he needs to do is to launch an investigation into his party to understand how that happened.
“This is a serious sentence that has been imposed today, over 10 years. It’s a very serious issue.
“How did that happen, that this was happening in his party? And what other links are there between Reform and Russia?”
The prime minister also branded Nigel Farage “spineless” and called on him to explain himself over allegations of racist behaviour during his days at a top public school.
The Prime Minister said Mr Farage did not have a “good track record” because he failed to take action against Reform MP Sarah Pochin’s “racist” remarks about the number of ethnic minorities appearing in television adverts.
Mr Farage, who denies the claims about his behaviour while at Dulwich College as a teenager, hit back at Sir Keir’s “ludicrous” comments, saying: “For the weakest prime minister in living memory to call me spineless is utterly ludicrous.
“The voters will have their say on both of us at the ballot box next May.”
A Reform source said the Prime Minister was “desperate, sinking in the polls and lashing out”.
A spokesman for the party also said the allegations reported in the Guardian “are entirely without foundation” and said the newspaper “has produced no contemporaneous record or corroborating evidence to support these disputed recollections from nearly 50 years ago”.
