Tories say RefUK is socialist
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After the Greens now it’s RefUK that’s “socialist”:
“Earlier this week, Shadow Housing Secretary James Cleverly said that while Nigel Farage is not “a racist”, he “is a socialist”. According to Cleverly, “the second that [Farage] thinks there are more votes to be had in disillusioned blue-collar workers who want state subsidies and state handouts, his Thatcherite-Reaganite instincts desert him.” In a similar vein, Shadow Education Secretary Laura Trott told the BBC’s World at One yesterday that Reform UK is a “socialist party” and “further to the Left than Jeremy Corbyn”.”
What next?
https://unherd.com/newsroom/farage-is-socialist-becomes-new-tory-attack-line/
Matthew Syed using the same line as Cleverly about Farage word for word at the recent Tory Party conference. Obviously, the Tories are running scared of Reform UK, and believe this is the best line of attack:
Didn’t know Matthew Syed was an ardent Tory. Disappointing after some of the intelligent stuff he’s done on Radio 4.
Extraordinary. Particularly the bit about Corbyn´s Party beating the Tories into sixth place….
“Nigel Farage – if the predictions are right – will not only be prime minister in a few years but will be one with the biggest Commons majority ever. A poll by communications firm PLMR with Electoral Calculus – and shared first with the Daily Mail – suggests Reform would get 445 MPs if an election was held right now. The threshold to win an outright parliamentary majority is 326 MPs. For context – looking back at recent landslides – in 1997 Tony Blair’s Labour won 418 seats, in 2019 Boris Johnson’s Tories won 365, and in 2024 Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour won 411.
If the PLMR poll is correct, Labour would be reduced from 411 to 73 MPs, the Lib Dems would drop from 72 to 42 MPs, and the Tories (hold your breath!) would fall from 121 to just 7 seats – beaten even by Jeremy Corbyn’s Your Party into sixth place. Ouch! Now, for the caveats. This poll assumes no tactical voting. With such voting – over one-third of Labour voters could hold their noses and vote Conservative to keep Reform out – and Farage could be deprived of his majority”.
“Greens neck and neck with Labour, new poll shows, as voters turn away from Starmer”
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