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Has Reform peaked?

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Cumbrianmale56 Thu 06-Aug-26 08:02:22

I notice Reform UK has gone from 30% in the polls to 23% now. I think revelations about Farage's business dealings and personality have damaged the party, and Labour electing a Northern leader is reducing support for Reform in the North.
While I can understand the frustrations with the two main parties and their unsuccessful governments, Farage is someone who promises too much like sweeping tax cuts and whosr party doesn't seem straight up.
Also on the other side of the spectrum, the Greens seem to be falling back from 17% in some polls in May to 10% now. Perhaps voters have seen that both Reform and the Greens are too extreme and have questionable leaders.

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Maremia Mon 10-Aug-26 17:02:00

Fascinating, MaizieD.
Hope the momentum keeps growing.

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MaizieD Mon 10-Aug-26 18:44:54

Maremia

Fascinating, MaizieD.
Hope the momentum keeps growing.

Here's another worry about the channelling of Russian money that some might care to read.

The Mandelson Amendment: Why Burnham Has an Opportunity to Clamp Down on Russian Interference

A persistent whiff of scandal has been drifting through the corridors of Westminster, connected to Peter Mandelson. Now on their summer break, MPs might be reflecting on just how much they underestimated the influence he had, and not just within No 10. His downfall was not only about his friendship with Epstein and passing Government secrets. It was about how he, and by extension the Labour Party, became implicated in Russia’s efforts to capture our democracy.

www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-mandelson-amendment-why-burnham?

Can this be averted by an amendment to the forthcoming Representation of the People Bill?

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