Things are currently looking choppy for Kemi Badenoch. Polls last weekend were bad enough, seven of them showing Reform leading the Conservatives by a point. But now it seems this gap may have widened dramatically. A poll on Thursday showed Reform pushing the Tories in to third place, with Farage’s party on 25 per cent and the Conservatives trailing on 22 per cent.
It’s when Kemi speaks from her own experience that a gap between the Conservatives and Reform seems to open up
‘The message that’s coming from this is very, very clear,’ Farage has crowed. ‘Not only do we have momentum but if you want to beat Labour, if you want to get them out at the next general election, don’t waste your vote with the Conservatives.’
Kemi herself has decided, publicly at least, to play it cool, recently shrugging off Reform’s growing popularity: ‘What we’re seeing with those numbers, a lot of people still don’t know who I am.
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