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.
Reform UK is a 'serious political force' whose recent polling surge would end with Nigel Farage as Prime Minister, far-left activists have admitted
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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 ground, 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."
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Hope Not Hate's polling found that the party could be just three per cent away from placing 169 MPs in the Commons
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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".
It's not just Reform on the rise - personal polling has handed Nigel Farage a higher favourability rating than his Labour and Tory counterparts.
Though all three still see their approval ratings at below zero - Farage's net favourability rating sits at -27, with Kemi Badenoch at -29 and Sir Keir Starmer now at -36 per cent.
'Reform UK will rescue this country from the Labour and Conservative parties,' Lee Anderson vowed
PAReacting to today's polling, Reform UK's chief whip Lee Anderson told GB News: "The People's Army is growing as each day passes.
"Our conferences are sold out within 24 hours and our membership is approaching 200,000 and we've only just started.
"Reform UK will rescue this country from the Labour and Conservative parties and give the people a real voice in Parliament. We will take our country back."
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