The UK’s ruling Labour government ‘paved the way for Reform to rise’
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The UK’s ruling Labour government ‘paved the way for Reform to rise’

Al Jazeera  

The populist, hard-right Reform UK party has topped a voting intention poll for the first time, sending shockwaves throughout the British political establishment. A February 3 YouGov poll found that if an election were to be called now in the United Kingdom, 25 percent would vote for Reform UK, 24 percent would vote for the current governing Labour Party, and 21 percent for the Conservatives. In the July 2024 general election, Reform UK, which is led by Nigel Farage, secured 4.1 million votes – a result widely seen as a triumph given the party’s young age. The British campaign group against the far right, Hope Not Hate, also recently published a poll surveying 17,000 people and found that Reform UK could take up to 169 seats in Parliament out of 650 and is emerging as “a major political force in Britain”. One unnamed MP told the news outlet, “One of our main messages to the leadership is we need to do more on illegal migration especially.” Al Jazeera spoke to Professor Aurelien Mondon, a senior lecturer in politics, languages, and international studies at the University of Bath, about the significance of these polls and what the far-right party’s growing popularity says about the country.

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