Anti-immigration party forecast to exceed even Nigel Farage’s expectations, but experts warn much will depend on ‘how cookie crumbles’
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Nigel Farage’s Reform UK stood at the brink of a “politically seismic” breakthrough, its deputy leader said, after it was projected to win as many as 13 seats in the general election.
The poll results indicated that Farage, who sparked a political earthquake on the right after he returned as leader of the party last month, was set to win the Essex seat of Clacton.