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 poll which saw Reform soar to standalone first place, campaign group Hope Not Hate has 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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'Our Prime Minister is a Rejoiner at heart,' Farage jabbed
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Sir Keir Starmer's trip to Brussels yesterday to push for tighter security ties with the EU has been labelled an "act of humiliation" by Nigel Farage.
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"I think the most alarming thing that came out of last night was the agreement to deepen industrial collaboration.
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"There are still a lot of unanswered questions, but I didn't like the language at all. And the very fact that he was there discussing such things shows you that our Prime Minister is a Rejoiner at heart!"
Ashworth kicks off Labour's anti-Reform attack campaign with series of NHS swipes on GB News
Ousted Labour MP Jonathan Ashworth has followed through on reports that Labour is moving to target Reform UK with a series of swipes at Nigel Farage's stance on the NHS.
Speaking on GB News Breakfast earlier today, Ashworth took aim at Farage's suggestions that the UK could adopt a French-style insurance-based healthcare system, saying: "Can you imagine paying thousands of pounds for a knee replacement, or a hip replacement, or a hernia operation under Nigel Farage's plans?
"Labour's going to point this out... That's the Farage plan. Charges in the NHS. He's got a health system that checks your purse before it checks your pulse.
"If that's Nigel Farage's plan, Labour's going to take him on day after day on it."
The ex-MP and Labour Together think tank CEO had previously called the NHS Farage's "Achilles Heel" - and vowed that 2025 would be the year that "we shine the torch on him", The Sun reported this weekend.
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Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is set to create a "council on Islamophobia" to draw up an official definition of the term.
The 16-member council is said to provide advice to ministers on tackling Islamophobia, with ex-Tory Attorney General Dominic Grieve has been "recommended" to chair it, the Telegraph reports.
The group will sit within Rayner's Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), with Grieve set to be appointed thanks to his history of working to combat "anti-Muslim hate".
But it has already come under fire from Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick, who has warned of a "Trojan horse for a blasphemy law protecting Islam".
No10 silent on whether Starmer will take sides on Greenland as PM prepares for 'working dinner' with Danish counterpart
PICTURED: Sir Keir Starmer and Mette Frederiksen at the EPC summit in 2024
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Downing Street has refused to be drawn on Sir Keir Starmer's stance on Greenland ahead of a "working dinner" between the British and Danish Prime Ministers this evening.
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Frederiksen has insisted Greenland is not for sale, but the President has repeatedly expressed an interest in taking control of the island.
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The Prime Minister's official spokesman said he was "not going to get into hypothetical situations", but that the UK's long-standing position on Denmark and Greenland is "well understood".
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"Keir was working. Working was allowed in tier four in London at that time."
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.
"That was a working event at the time, when we know what the Tories were doing - partying - that's well documented," she said.
Keir Starmer's voice coach 'travelled 50 miles' to meet him while lockdown rules were in place... but PM denies wrongdoing
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.
The Prime Minister continues to deny any wrongdoing, stating "of course not" when questioned about potential rule breaches during a Nato press conference in Brussels.
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