Third of Reform voters want a new leader

Is Nigel Farage’s position under threat? Most inside Reform don’t seem to think so – but a new poll offers a warning shot to the Clacton MP. It transpires that a third of the party’s voters think Reform would be performing better if he stepped down and allowed another to take his place. Who might they have in mind? With the explosive events of the weekend threatening to derail the party, the YouGov survey could hardly land at a worse time…

The civil war that has engulfed the right-wing party over the last week appears to have left its supporters feeling split too. The fallout between Farage and Rupert Lowe – whose relationship couldn’t be described as rosy at the best of times – has not been particularly edifying. While a third believe the group would do better under a different leader – Mr S can think of one particularly willing candidate – more than a fifth are adamant Reform’s prospects would improve ‘a lot’ with a Farage replacement.