As Sir Keir Starmer’s fortunes go from bad to worse, things only seem to be improving for Nigel Farage. While Reform eye up a possible by-election in Runcorn and Helsby with hopes of getting a sixth MP into parliament, the party will have been given a boost today after new YouGov polling has revealed Farage has received the highest ‘favourable’ score in a poll of Britain’s most senior politicians. How very interesting.
In the latest survey, carried out between 8-10 November, 30 per cent of Brits logged a positive opinion of Nige – the highest ‘favourable’ score of any senior politician on the list. The Reform leader came two points ahead of Keir Starmer – who received a favourable rating of 28 per cent – and had a nine-point lead on new Tory leader Kemi Badenoch, who was rated positively by just over a fifth of Brits. Badenoch does rank higher than her former Conservative leadership contesters, however, with Priti Patel receiving a favourability rating of 15 per cent, Robert Jenrick on 14 per cent and Mel Stride on a measly 6 per cent.
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